> Should he have tolerated factually wrong opinions? I think this is the crux. What was Galileo’s goal? I think it was to increase truth and help people. So I

> Should he have tolerated factually wrong opinions? I think this is the crux. What was Galileo’s goal? I think it was to increase truth and help people. So I think he would need to find ways to engage with and convince people who had factually wrong opinions. It’s certainly ineffective to just not talk to people who don’t agree with you. And imagine how stupid people would have seemed if they posted something in the syllabus that said “Don’t even think of registering if you don’t agree with the fact of a geocentric universe.” I think the point is that there are certainly facts, but we need to have temperance and some level of tolerance to allow for convincing people, and learning for ourselves.