It's similar to the shift that Copernicus and Galileo were able to produce in humanity using the telescope to show that the earth was no longer the center of the universe, but was actually something that revolved around the sun, something bigger than itself.
Det minder om det skift i verdensbillede som Kopernikus og Galileo satte i gang ved at bruge teleskopet til at vise, at jorden ikke er universets centrum, men i virkeligheden kredser om solen, noget større end sig selv.