What is the best way to teach geocentrism to young children who already know the accepted model?
A viewer asks what the best way is to teach geocentrism to young children when they already have knowledge of the currently accepted model.
Answer
Just tell them that the sun revolves around the earth, and so do the stars, and then answer their questions as they come. Teach it in three phases. First, the earth is fixed: it does not rotate and does not revolve; it is the still, absolute point of reference, which is the smartest way to build a universe, because an absolute lets you measure everything else, and it means you do not need relativity, whose whole premise is that there is no absolute and everything is moving. Second, the sun goes around the earth, and the planets go around the sun, so the sun carries the planets with it around the earth each day. Third, the reason the sun, moon, and stars can circle the earth every day is that they are being carried along by the whole universe, which itself revolves around the fixed earth once a day. You can draw pictures of each phase, and any child can grasp it in a minute or two.