Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center. Historically, heliocentrism is opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center. Galileo began to dismiss geocentrism and emerging alternative theories like that of Tycho Brahe. Smith has also taken a stance towards a relativistic rehabilitation of geocentrism. The sole goal of geocentrism is to globally unite both headquarters and subsidiaries. Others felt that a new, unknown theory could not subvert an accepted consensus for geocentrism. This idea was known as geocentrism (where the Earth is the centre of the universe). Geocentrism as a separate religious belief, however, never completely died out.