http://anadder.com/what-was-galileos-trial-about Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:28:52 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://anadder.com/what-was-galileos-trial-about/comment-page-1#comment-21457 The Trial of Galileo -- a Nadder! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:49:15 +0000 http://anadder.com/what-was-the-galileos-trial-about#comment-21457 [...] or Wed. Today I thought I’d give a quick retelling of the historical events. Here’s a previous post that talks about how the earth revolving around the sun wasn’t at all scientifically obvious [...] [...] or Wed. Today I thought I’d give a quick retelling of the historical events. Here’s a previous post that talks about how the earth revolving around the sun wasn’t at all scientifically obvious [...]

]]> http://anadder.com/what-was-galileos-trial-about/comment-page-1#comment-3637 Rewriting History Books -- a Nadder! Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:00:05 +0000 http://anadder.com/what-was-the-galileos-trial-about#comment-3637 [...] Gould does get it right too. Talking about Velikovsky: "[a] man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right". (p.154) Whenever someone paints themselves as a revolutionary, or says the books will need rewriting, or says the establishment is dogmatic, this should set off a red flag. It's more likely than not a rhetorical device. For every Galileo there are 1000 Velikovskys (and even Galileo's rightness was far from clearcut). [...] [...] Gould does get it right too. Talking about Velikovsky: “[a] man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right”. (p.154) Whenever someone paints themselves as a revolutionary, or says the books will need rewriting, or says the establishment is dogmatic, this should set off a red flag. It’s more likely than not a rhetorical device. For every Galileo there are 1000 Velikovskys (and even Galileo’s rightness was far from clearcut). [...]

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