Alan: Galileo proved the earth is not the center of the Universe and quickly learned that the Church and State of 17th century Italy were made up of 21st century Republicans.
Flashback: Galileo is under house arrest pondering the unyielding ignorance of The Church for refusing to consider his heliocentric proposition that the Earth circled the sun.We find this historical anecdote preposterous today, but people were persecuted for lesser heresies in Galileo’s time. Though we are now centuries removed from such dim-wittery, we find ourselves in a not-dissimilar pickle. Read full article »
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