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To: dfwgator

Didn’t Galileo get sideways with them over some crazy heliocentric theory of his?


16 posted on 09/04/2019 1:58:25 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

Copernicus, as well.


21 posted on 09/04/2019 2:03:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BipolarBob
Didn’t Galileo get sideways with them over some crazy heliocentric theory of his?

No, he got in trouble for persisting in teaching an unproven theory as a scientific fact -- a big no no at the time.

Galileo's punishment? House arrest in a luxury apartment where he was free to continue his studies.

53 posted on 09/04/2019 2:54:05 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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