Tuesday
Mar152016
by
Bishop Hill

On scientific freedom


The moment that we are denied the right to question a scientific theory that is held by the majority, we are not far away from Galileo’s predicament in 1615, as he appeared before the papal inquisition.
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Reader Comments (59)
Back to the future. Back to the reflex anal dilatation test.
Sensitivity and specificity anyone? Reliability?
so the fascist lesson that oozes from some posts is: if Galileo had written his theory in Georgian , then locked up in a vault, all would have been fine you know..the pope wouldnt have minded at all.
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Some people should be locked up alright
lefties and their penchant for bending concepts and history..Vietnam? Boooshs fault
JamesG deserves time off as a pub bore to attend a good theology conference:
http://vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/2016/03/pope-dawns-for-bishop-hill.html
Feels like being savaged by a dead sheep.
What a timely article:
Science, Religion and the Big Bang Theory
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/03/science_religion_and_the_big_bang_theory.html
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Galileo’s vast reputation, and the hyperbolic accolades that go with it, are not justified by the real history. With a corrected perspective on the man comes a rich and compelling pair of questions: what did Galileo actually achieve, and where does the science superhero image come from?
Galileo’s reputation is more hyperbole than truth