David's post is just about
the Copernican model of the solar system.
Not exact matches
Since the post you're replying to distinguished between «Copernicus» heliocentric
model of the
solar system» and «the assumption that we aren't in an especially privileged position in the universe» — i.e. the «
Copernican principle» — I'm not really sure why you ask that.
According to Usher, the play references not only Copernicus, but also Ptolemy, as well as Tycho Brahe, who pushed for a hybrid
model of the
solar system (a compromise that preserved elements
of the ancient Ptolemaic
system as well as the new
Copernican model).