at the center of the universe

The earth is at the center of the universe....

Strange to say, the earth is at the center of the universe.  This flies in the face of Galilean and

Copernican wisdom, but it is true.  Look at it this way.  If you stare out from earth to the edge of

the universe, using those tools that scientists use to stare, there is a limit to how far you can see.

That limit is a function of the speed of light, the time the universe has been in existence, and the time

it takes for the light to reach us.  And of course it depends on the fact that the universe is expanding.

It happens that the universe has been in existence longer than there has been time for the light from

that beginning to reach us.  Therefore there is a limit to how far we can see.  That limit is the same in

every direction that we look.  Therefore the earth is at the center of a sphere comprised of what

 can be looked at in every direction from the earth, and the earth is at the center of the universe

 that is visible to it.  Maybe this is a fudge..... to say that the earth is at the center of the

 visible universe, not of the real universe, but, then I ask ..... how do we know what

 is beyond the edge of what we can see?

So, this means that the earth is at the center of the universe.... quite a position to be in.

  It also means, by a little extension, that I am at the center of the universe as are you.

  Actually I have my universe and you have yours.

  Interesting to think of all those universes walking down the street together

 and what sharings are possible.  To paraphrase Bob Dylan,

 "I'll be in your universe if you'll be in mine."

~Robert