as to the cosmos as we knew it in 1580

[noleafclover_nw]

"Tycho [Brahe] concluded that the substance of the heavens was a continuous fluid of some sort, that the planets moved freely through this medium, and that the orbs of the planets were not physical objects but geometrical constructions representing boundaries in this medium."

what the hell were people smoking?

-e

Comments

[c_yo_yus]

they were probably all thinking, "we live in the 16th century! we don't know anything, but we're laying the groundwork for the greatest thinkers of the future! we pretty much believe that the universe is magic!"

interesting though... i'm learning about this kind of nonsense at the moment, too.

[noleafclover_nw]

noted.

if the universe isn't magic, what is?

[c_yo_yus]

unicorns.

and giggles.

and some wild, unyielding mish-mash of the two.

[chrismathewsjr]

Must have been onto something. I couldn't pull that out of my ass randomly.