Heliocentrism Memes

History's original "citation needed" moment. Galileo standing alone, surrounded by the Catholic Church, boldly declaring the Earth revolves around the Sun while everyone else clung to geocentrism. The man literally risked house arrest to say "actually, we're not the center of the universe." Medieval peer review was brutal - they didn't reject your paper, they rejected your entire existence.

The bell curve of astronomical enlightenment! On the far left, we have the geocentrists who never made it past medieval thinking. On the far right, the relativistic geniuses who understand reference frames. And in the middle? The vast majority who memorized "Earth revolves around Sun" for their 5th-grade science test and called it a day. From Einstein's perspective, both statements are technically correct since motion is relative to your chosen reference frame. But try explaining that at Thanksgiving dinner when Uncle Bob insists the moon landing was fake because "the stars don't move right."