If you think that the Sun is at the center of the solar system, rather than the Earth, you’re likely to conclude that there’s nothing special about Earth, or our solar system, and that there could easily be planets around other stars, even though both astronomical theories give the same predictions about how different lights will move across the sky here on Earth. The story that comes along with a scientific theory influences the experiments that scientists choose to perform, the way new evidence is evaluated, and ultimately guides the search for new theories as well.
