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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 21, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Like today in the US?
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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 21, 2018 at 4:27 pm
Galileo is one of my heroes! What an awesome find!
Never was it shown more clearly that it is not enough for one to simply have the correct idea, but often one must fight against the prevailing dogma. Nowadays, you get a nobel prize for unlocking the secrets of the cosmos. There was a time, however, when you could be burned at the stake for it.
Too bad we still have a plentitude of nutjobs that insist on homeschooling their children to protect them from genuine knowledge.
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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 21, 2018 at 5:23 pm
I think they are called the Future Republicunts of 'Murrica.
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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 21, 2018 at 7:20 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 2:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/long-lo...le-church/
Quote:Long-lost letter from Galileo reveals new details about his battle with the church
Quote:In the letter’s seven pages, Galileo writes to his friend Benedetto Castelli, a mathematician at the University of Pisa, on Dec. 21, 1613, arguing that science should be free from the constraints of theology. He signs the letter “G.G.”
Galileo would eventually be condemned to house arrest by the Inquisition in July 1633 for his beliefs.
This is what happens when you give religious dickheads any kind of temporal power.
Came out all right in the end, I suppose. Practically everyone has heard of Galileo, but bring up the name of Maffeo Barberini, and you're unlikely to get anything other than a quizzical stare.
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 21, 2018 at 8:26 pm
It will stay that way without a link, Mr. Potato Head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maffeo_Bar...80%931685)
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RE: Galileo Speaks Again
September 22, 2018 at 10:44 am
(September 21, 2018 at 7:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (September 21, 2018 at 2:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/long-lo...le-church/
This is what happens when you give religious dickheads any kind of temporal power.
Came out all right in the end, I suppose. Practically everyone has heard of Galileo, but bring up the name of Maffeo Barberini, and you're unlikely to get anything other than a quizzical stare.
Boru
Wasn't he the fellow who had some weirdo who'd gone mad from staring at the sun through a telescope too often committed to house arrest?
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