On Friday, 27 April 2018 19:25:20 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote:
On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 11:20:03 AM UTC-6, palsing wrote:

Gerald does not understand that if someone were to be living on the 'back' side
of the moon he would not even be aware of the Earth's existence, but he would
nevertheless see the Sun and stars rise and set... and using the exact same
logic as Earthbound scientists, would eventually determine that he was orbiting
the Sun every year and rotated on his own axis every month or so...

Now that's an interesting way to look at it.

John Savard

Imagine the confusion of a race eking out an existence on the far side of the moon.
They develop a culture based entirely around their total isolation.
Then, after millions of years a naughty teenage adventurer defies all the rules.
She deliberately walks to the Edge of the Moon, and beyond.
Only to find a beautiful, bigger blue sister world has been there all the time.
What does the explorer say to her religious leaders on her return?
That their benign, all seeing god had cheated them out of all the benefits.
And given everything to the unbelievably gorgeous, sister planet Earth?