The incredible Galileo Galilei

[Galileo]

Galileo made the news today!

The incredible Galileo Galilei

This year has been chosen to be the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) as it marks the 400th year since Galileo Galilei first used a telescope to observe the skies.

The goals of IYA2009 are to increase interest in astronomy, to know your place in space, and to increase scientific awareness and popularity. They are aimed mainly at young people, but the celebration is something that could and should be of interest to everyone and anyone. I'm all for it, hence all the space-related articles recently!

Why is Galileo so important?

Born in 1564, Galileo Galilei was nothing short of a genius. In fact, it is for the same reasons that I admire Charles Darwin that I do Galileo; that is, both of them questioned accepted "facts" at the time, based on their own observations and research.

For Darwin it didn't work out very well, though, as he suffered ridicule and dissent, but, for Galileo, it was much worse!

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/life/education/18162/the-incredible-galileo-galilei

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Galileo was a brilliant scientist, but a giant frakking hypocrite. He claimed to be a devout catholic, but he knocked up some chick out of wedlock three times. He was also a borderline child abuser. He considered his two daughters unmarriageable because he wouldn't marry their mom (he held his girlfriend in contempt too). So he forced them to give up any chance at a normal life and forced them to enter a convent. Likely punishing them for his own sins in a cruel, self-centered attempt to assuage his own guilt. Galileos bastard son, on the other hand, was allowed to marry. Galileos refusal to marry his girlfriend and the double standard between his male and female children is evidence of a deep-seated hatred for women.

If Galileo were reincarnated today, his existing issues, along with a massive ego caused by the ultimate vindication of his scientific claims and dispute with the church, he would probably be a giant self-righteous a-hole. Possibly even a serial killer due to his attitudes towards women.

 

[Galileo]

Galileo was a brilliant scientist, but a giant frakking hypocrite. He claimed to be a devout catholic, but he knocked up some chick out of wedlock three times. He was also a borderline child abuser. He considered his two daughters unmarriageable because he wouldn't marry their mom (he held his girlfriend in contempt too). So he forced them to give up any chance at a normal life and forced them to enter a convent. Likely punishing them for his own sins in a cruel, self-centered attempt to assuage his own guilt. Galileos bastard son, on the other hand, was allowed to marry. Galileos refusal to marry his girlfriend and the double standard between his male and female children is evidence of a deep-seated hatred for women.

If Galileo were reincarnated today, his existing issues, along with a massive ego caused by the ultimate vindication of his scientific claims and dispute with the church, he would probably be a giant self-righteous a-hole. Possibly even a serial killer due to his attitudes towards women.

better let the Pope know. Galileo is being considered for offical sainthood and canonization at this time. I take your comments as a personal affront to my character.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

I take your comments as a personal affront to my character.

You have no grounds on which to do so.

There is no logical, provable connection between yourself and historys first dead-beat dad.*





*Galileo ran off with his daughters leaving his girlfriend to raise her son on her own. He may have been sexually abusing his daughters, which may in turn have formed part of his motivation for keeping other men from touching them.

 

[KingMerv00]

They said Galileo was a crackpot as well, but Galileo stuck to his guns.

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
Carl Sagan

 

[Galileo]

You have no grounds on which to do so.

There is no logical, provable connection between yourself and historys first dead-beat dad.*





*Galileo ran off with his daughters leaving his girlfriend to raise her son on her own. He may have been sexually abusing his daughters, which may in turn have formed part of his motivation for keeping other men from touching them.

Your "facts" are wrong. Galileo's girlfriend was a young hottie and did quite well for herself. She remarried another man after Galileo moved back to Florence. You can bet that as Galileo's former girlfriend, Marina Gamba was a big wheel in Venice.

You also attribute societal injustice to Galileo, that is not fair.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Your "facts" are wrong. Galileo's girlfriend was a young hottie and did quite well for herself.

Until she got too old for Galileos tastes and he started going after the daughters.

Which is further evidence that he would be a serial killer if reincarnated today.

 

[Galileo]

Until she got too old for Galileos tastes and he started going after the daughters.

Which is further evidence that he would be a serial killer if reincarnated today.

Not true. Galileo had always wanted to move back to Florence as he was a native Florentine and had roots there going back to the late 1200s. Marina was only about 30 when Galileo moved back to Florence.

In 1613, Marina Gamba married Giovanni Bartoluzzi. It appears that Galileo kept cordial relations with Gamba and Bartoluzzi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Gamba

 

[Galileo]

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
Carl Sagan

They also laughed at the beloved and divine Dr. David Ray Griffin.

When the laughter is irrational, that is strong evidence that the subject of the laughter is a geniue, or at least on the right track.

 

[KingMerv00]

They also laughed at the beloved and divine Dr. David Ray Griffin.

When the laughter is irrational, that is strong evidence that the subject of the laughter is a geniue, or at least on the right track.

Irrational people can laugh at other irrational people. That doesn't make the target of the laughter correct.

You truly don't understand logic. All that matters is evidence. The fact that people are laughing at you is irrelevant.

 

[Galileo]

Irrational people can laugh at other irrational people. That doesn't make the target of the laughter correct.

You truly don't understand logic. All that matters is evidence. The fact that people are laughing at you is irrelevant.

You don't understand Galileo's method of analyzing evidence. It is not as simple as you think.

 

[AWPrime]

He claimed to be a devout catholic, but he knocked up some chick out of wedlock three times. He was also a borderline child abuser. He considered his two daughters unmarriageable because he wouldn't marry their mom (he held his girlfriend in contempt too). So he forced them to give up any chance at a normal life and forced them to enter a convent. Likely punishing them for his own sins in a cruel, self-centered attempt to assuage his own guilt. Galileos bastard son, on the other hand, was allowed to marry. Galileos refusal to marry his girlfriend and the double standard between his male and female children is evidence of a deep-seated hatred for women.

Sounds like a devout catholic to me.

 

[Towlie]

Galileo is being considered for offical sainthood and canonization at this time.

If that's true, the motive is probably the church's guilt rather than Galileo's greatness. Have any other scientists ever made sainthood?

 

[Robster FCD]

If that's true, the motive is probably the church's guilt rather than Galileo's greatness. Have any other scientists ever made sainthood?

Its baloney until we have evidence otherwise. There have to miracles ascribed to you to be a saint. Pretty sure that there haven't been any.

 

[rwguinn]

Its baloney until we have evidence otherwise. There have to miracles ascribed to you to be a saint. Pretty sure that there haven't been any.

Um--the Church apologizing is not a Miracle?
My, my, what low standards we have...

 

[Galileo]

If that's true, the motive is probably the church's guilt rather than Galileo's greatness. Have any other scientists ever made sainthood?

Not sure about that, that is a good question.

Off the top of my head, I have not heard of any.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Marina was only about 30 when Galileo moved back to Florence.

Which proves what I said, galileo liked 'em young. Real young. Dropping the old hag and going after the girls makes perfect sense.

In 1613, Marina Gamba married Giovanni Bartoluzzi. It appears that Galileo kept cordial relations with Gamba and Bartoluzzi.

Why would this be out of character for a pedophile? Don't you have good relations with the guy you sold your last car to?

 

[Galileo]

Its baloney until we have evidence otherwise. There have to miracles ascribed to you to be a saint. Pretty sure that there haven't been any.

There is talk of making Galileo the patron saint of the dialogue between faith and science. You're right, I have not heard of any miracles attributed to Galileo. But making someone a saint is ultimately up to the Pope, he can create a Galileo exception.

These two books make reference to Galileo's possible sainthood:

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Modern Library Science) (Paperback)
by Galileo (Author), Stillman Drake (Translator), John Heilbron (Introduction), Albert Einstein (Foreword) (2001)
http://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Concerning-Systems-Library-Science/dp/037575766X

The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories (Paperback)
by J. L. Heilbron (1999)
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Church-Cathedrals-Solar-Observatories/dp/book-citations/0674005368

 

[Galileo]

Which proves what I said, galileo liked 'em young. Real young. Dropping the old hag and going after the girls makes perfect sense.



Why would this be out of character for a pedophile? Don't you have good relations with the guy you sold your last car to?

Galileo's dad married a chick about 15 years younger than himself as well, must run in the family.

Do you think this will hurt Galileo's chances for canonization?

 

[Audible Click]

Not true. Galileo had always wanted to move back to Florence as he was a native Florentine and had roots there going back to the late 1200s. Marina was only about 30 when Galileo moved back to Florence.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Gamba

In that time period the age of thirty was considered to be quite old as far as beauty,bearing children etc. The age 30 is quite different in this day and age then it is currently.