I would assume he was referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair, where the "unchecked misinformatio

I would assume he was referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair, where the "unchecked misinformation" was heliocentrism.