I think the point of bringing up heliocentrism is that the common sense view before that was that since the Torah was given to us and that is the purpose of the creation of the world it would make very good practical sense that the earth was the center of the universe. Now, we know that it is not. So we understand that the common sense view is not any better than a more complex one. Similarly, commons sense tells us that there would be no other civilizations outside Earth, however, we now know that that with regards to the cosmos the common sense way of thinking is incorrect so we are open to the possibility that there could be a more complex plan at work.
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