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Re:Proposed Free Expression Statement for MIT by superb-owl on Monday September 19, 2022 @11:35AM (#32899773)
Hah this is a really good point. IIRC the Catholic Church was actually OK with using heliocentric mathematical models, just not with interpreting them as factual.
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Re:Proposed Free Expression Statement for MIT by foobarian on Monday September 19, 2022 @11:38AM (#32899815)
I wonder what really happened. I'm guessing Galileo was one of those vocal people that just can't help poking the bear.

Edit: reading up a bit more it seems Galileo had a bit of a Linus T. streak, with gratuitous insults and ad hominems against authority. Makes me want to read the source documents now :-)

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