Comments on: Deep Capture – Part III

By: CBDenver

CBDenver — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:02:47 +0000

Some have argued that the Galileo controversy was not so much between the Church and Galileo but rather between Galileo and the then-dominant Aristotelian scientists. The Aristotelians supported the idea that the sun rotated around the earth while Galileo, following Copernicus, argued that the earth rotated around the sun. One could say that is was the Church that was “captured” by the Aristotelians and was used by them to punish their enemy Galileo.

This is important because moderns tend to see scientists as objective reporters of truth instead of self-interested supporters of popular theories. In this sense, they are mis-identified by many as always the “good guys” much as regulators are viewed as neutral protectors of freedom.

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Deep Capture - Part IX « The Situationist — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:16:54 +0000

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Deep Capture - Part IV « The Situationist — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:35:36 +0000

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By: Grue

Grue — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:42:29 +0000

I know everyone likes to pick on the Catholic Church, but does your blog entry explain why the Church (Inquisition) formally allowed (and in a sense even solicited) the publication of his famous _Dialogue_, which relentless argues for the heliocentric view?

The church never did much to actually silence Galileo’s views, and his research and education was supported by many in the church. So this isn’t a great example society’s bias working against the greater good. In another 50 years after the _Dialogue_, pretty much all the educated people agreed with Galileo.

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Deep Capture - Part II « The Situationist — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:29:38 +0000

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