| rdfs:comment | - Egocentrism starts with the fundamental observation that no matter where I "go", here I am. Also, whenever I sit in my favorite swivel chair and hit the "spin" button, I observe that everything (furniture, trees, you, distant galaxies, etc) within my field of vision moves in gigantic arcing curves, with me as their primary focus. Furthermore, the more distant something is away from me, the faster it moves, in direct proportion to its distance from my swivel chair. No matter how massive or distant such objects are, I can, with very little effort on my part, transmit huge amounts of angular momentum and kinetic energy to them, and even make them move much much faster around me than the speed of light. Another important observation: No matter where I am, everything else always surrounds me, c
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| abstract | - Egocentrism starts with the fundamental observation that no matter where I "go", here I am. Also, whenever I sit in my favorite swivel chair and hit the "spin" button, I observe that everything (furniture, trees, you, distant galaxies, etc) within my field of vision moves in gigantic arcing curves, with me as their primary focus. Furthermore, the more distant something is away from me, the faster it moves, in direct proportion to its distance from my swivel chair. No matter how massive or distant such objects are, I can, with very little effort on my part, transmit huge amounts of angular momentum and kinetic energy to them, and even make them move much much faster around me than the speed of light. Another important observation: No matter where I am, everything else always surrounds me, clear proof that I'm at the centre of the Universe. From these two empirical observations of mine, it can be easily derived in 42 short logical steps that I am, clearly and without a doubt, the most important object in the universe.
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