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So you would argue that Galileo Galilei was a bad scientist? He was imprisoned for disagreeing with the pope. I suppose you'd have to argue that a good scientis
by landryraccoon 8y ago
So you would argue that Galileo Galilei was a bad scientist? He was imprisoned for disagreeing with the pope. I suppose you'd have to argue that a good scientist in the middle ages had to be in good standing with the church and monarchy?
- leereeves 8y agoGalileo only needed basic tools (like feathers, balls, an inclined plane, and a handheld telescope) to pursue science. If he'd needed access to impossibly expensive equipment available only in a few palaces around Europe, politics might have stopped him before he ever got started.
- zorga 8y agoYou can't predict what the next great discovery will be, or where it'll come from. Generally however, they're on the theoretical side, not the experimental side, so your point doesn't really stand. Those big machines rarely do little more than confirm exiting theories and those theories can very well come from one person who is anti-social. Science is about being right; not about getting along with your peers.
- anoncake 8y agoWhat he actually did was closer to calling the pope a moron.