They went ahead and broke the law and then were called heretics or worse. Kepler's mother was imprisoned, threatened with torture and called a witch. I'm sure y

They went ahead and broke the law and then were called heretics or worse. Kepler's mother was imprisoned, threatened with torture and called a witch. I'm sure you could find many more examples, it's basically the whole history of science. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler#Epitome_of_Copernican_Astronomy.2C_calendars_and_the_witch_trial_of_his_mother http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler#Epitome_of_Copernican_As...