Mathematicians Rule?

Before Copernicus, in the civilized world, mathematicians had managed to keep the Earth the center of the universe. Their math was maybe a little convoluted, maybe a little beyond the ken of the average person, but it worked.

Copernicus said, start here, not there, and the math is easier.

Now, mathematicians are working overtime to emphasize the relevance of our apparently 4-dimensional space-time continuum using, for instance, string theory, which is “based on the (deceptively simple) premise that at Planckian scales, where the quantum effects of gravity…” etc. They note that strings can begin or end on D-branes. So there you go: once again,
mathematicians are working overtime to keep us important.

Presumably, somewhere, sometime, someif, someelse, there’s a Copernicus saying “Hey, listen, all we have to do is put THIS at the middle instead of THAT and everything falls into place.”

Maybe there’ll be a visit.