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Weren't Galileo and Copernicus famously persecuted because of exactly that reason? Only on the internet, where history can be distilled into a single-sentence
by reaperducer 4y ago
Weren't Galileo and Copernicus famously persecuted because of exactly that reason?
Only on the internet, where history can be distilled into a single-sentence quip.
In real life the truth is more complicated, but doesn't fit into a tweet.
- peepeepoopoo2 4y agoPlease point out the factually incorrect part instead of being broadly dismissive. The catholic church was only able to persecute Galileo and Copernicus in the first place because they were the only "trusted" source of information in their era, exactly as the GP comment is proposing to bring back to the present day.
- slowmotiony 4y agoNot really, Copernicus' entire life and all his decades-long studies were paid for by the catholic church and his research was accepted by the Pope himself, even to the point of being taught at Catholic universities. Noone "persecuted" him in any way. It only changed over a hundred years later due to the opposition from the Protestants that his books became banned.