Comments on: Challenge the Current Wisdom and Change the World http://www.micfarris.com/2009/05/challenge-the-current-wisdom-and-change-the-world/ Mashup of science, business, technology, and channeling inner geekness! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil http://www.micfarris.com/2009/05/challenge-the-current-wisdom-and-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Neil Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:19:33 +0000 http://www.micfarris.com/?p=65#comment-129 "When Galileo later defended his views in his work, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Views, in 1632, he was tried for heresy by the Inquisition, forced to recant his public writings, and placed under house arrest by the Pope." Galileo got into so much trouble because he personally insulted the pope in his book. Pope Urban VIII actually supported Galileo before this personal insult. “When Galileo later defended his views in his work, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Views, in 1632, he was tried for heresy by the Inquisition, forced to recant his public writings, and placed under house arrest by the Pope.”

Galileo got into so much trouble because he personally insulted the pope in his book. Pope Urban VIII actually supported Galileo before this personal insult.

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