For those paying attention it's been a gradual process:

Hans-Georg Moeller: Four Insults to Human Narcissism from The Radical Luhmann (page 28)

1. The cosmological insult: Copernicus’ proof that the Earth was not at the centre of the universe

2. The biological insult: Darwin’s discovery that man was not the crown of creation

3. The psychological insult: Freud’s findings regarding the insignificant powers of the ego compared with drives and unconscious forces, such as the libido

4. The sociological insult: Luhmann’s analysis that human society cannot steer itself.…We are unable to shape the social world we inhabit, according to our ideals, wishes or intentions.