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OK that explanation make the church seem even more moronic that in the usual narrative. Gallileo was certainly correct in calling the pope an idiot, even if it
by bazoom42 2y ago
OK that explanation make the church seem even more moronic that in the usual narrative.
Gallileo was certainly correct in calling the pope an idiot, even if it was unwise.
- josefx 2y agoTheir goal was to limit what support Galileo could gain for his works in public discurse. It most likely helped with that. It also did not stop scientists from improving on the copernican model without incurring the wrath of the church, they just used earth as point of reference to make the model geocentric.