The flux and feedback of group dynamics is an important factor that the need for brevity has not allowed you to address. Galileo may have survived because there were numerous Cardinals vigorously lobbying for him. He had, after all, disobeyed Bellarmine’s first and much gentler injunction. He was a repeat offender, and, therefore, would likely have gone to the flames without his powerful allies. He had taken what might seem like a foolish course because a one-time student of his, who had expressed support for his writings, had become Pope. But once one becomes identical with the power structure, one is “captured” in the profoundest way. The Pope saw Bellarmine’s argument. Flux and feedback: thousands captured, released and recaptured, none of these operations accomplished perfectly.