Books and Journals Continue to Promote Misrepresentations of Copernicus and Human Exceptionalism

A review in Nature shows how entrenched the Copernican "demotion" myth remains, even after scholarly works have refuted it:

All the astronomical discoveries made since Nicolaus Copernicus demoted Earth from its position at the centre of the Universe have continued to erode humanity's perceived physical significance in the grand scheme of things. (Emphasis added.)

The facts are quite different. Copernicus (who believed in intelligent design) would never have endorsed the "Copernican Principle"...