Relativity overturned Newtonian mechanics in the same way that Copernican cosmology overturned Ptotomeic cosomology.<p>It&#x27;s true that Newtonian mechanics remains useful despite being based on a now falsified premise: time is a constant. Although his laws eventually break down, they do not lose all their power to predict effects from causes under certain common conditions.<p>Popular myth holds that Ptotomeic cosomology was conceived by dull-minded early men arrogantly imagining that God must have placed us at the center. But no. It was based on centuries of documented observation (now called &quot;data&quot;) and brilliant reasoning. The predictive power of this well developed model was excellent, even after it was overturned.<p>So are these revolutions somehow categorically different? It&#x27;s easy to think so, but that&#x27;s based on an illusion of mind. Geometry is somehow much more tangible or &quot;factual&quot; in our minds than time. But is a flaw in the position of objects really more fundamental than a flaw in the understanding of time?