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>He just pissed off the Pope and was punished for that, not for any astronomical ideas. It all comes down to politics and power structures in the end.
by BoxOfRain 4y ago
>He just pissed off the Pope and was punished for that, not for any astronomical ideas.
It all comes down to politics and power structures in the end.
- swayvil 4y agoIt's like social media. Europe was the Pope's subreddit. Don't piss off the moderator. It ain't rational but it's true.
- bombcar 4y agoIt's even more like that than you might suspect; the old moderator stepped down (died) and the new one was a friend of Galileo, so he ignored warnings to not shitpost too much, and ate a very moderate "ban".
- 77pt77 4y agoThis can't be stressed enough. He most certainly was not punished for any ideas, apart from making fun of the Pope and pissing off other people with power.