I'm not sure Galileo was convicted so much for what he believed as for being kind of a dick about it. This is one of those silly myths that we for some reason

I'm not sure Galileo was convicted so much for what he believed as for being kind of a dick about it. This is one of those silly myths that we for some reason perpetuate, like the old chestnut about people laughing at Columbus because they thought the world was flat.