Dwarkesh Patel
@dwarkesh_sp · Mar 20, 2026
When Copernicus proposed heliocentrism in 1543, it was actually less accurate than Ptolemy's geocentric model - a system refined over 1,400 years with epicycles precisely tuned to match observed planetary positions.
It took another 70 years before Kepler, working from Tycho
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
AI will figure it out
05:44 AM · March 21, 2026 · 37.5K views
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