Tag Archives: Galileo Galilee

Copernicus: beware of unnamed shooting stars…

The Copernican Revolution took a trajectory that would have made Copernicus do an orbit in his grave…wayward comets and and an earth displaced from the center of the universe, wandering in orbit through space trying to establish an identity… …The … Continue reading

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The decline of common sense

Common sense is usually said to be sturdy, but in fact it has been faring badly ever since the scientific revolution began. It is plain, common sense declared in those days, that the sun revolves around the earth. Wrong, said … Continue reading

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BLAME IT ON INERTIA:TO STRAIGHTEN OR TO SLOUCH?

“To his dismay and frustration, he found himself unable to change. He persisted on a sinful course even though the force that originally set him on this course, his will, was no longer being exerted in that direction. Sinning out … Continue reading

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