On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>>> I do not like very much Feyerabend, and disgaree with its overal >>> philosophy of science, I do agree with him on Galileo. >>> >> >> >> OK so let me get this straight, you agree that "the church at the time >> of Galileo was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself", >> > > > I did not say that. Nor did Feyerabend. Bruno you are incorrect, Feyerabend did say "the church at the time of Galileo was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself", and he also said "Its verdict against Galileo was rational and just": hemultidisciplinarian.com/2012/08/07/the-worst-enemy-of-science/ Bruno, is this really the sort of toothless hillbilly you want to be associated with? >> Blinded? BLINDED!? Were talking about Galileo and the church but it's >> Galileo who was blinded!? >> > > > Yes, he was blinded by its Aristotelian faith > Aristotelian faith!? Galileo was the guy who proved that Aristotle was the worst physicist who ever lived! And I thought this list was supposed to be about cutting edge developments in human knowledge, so why the hell do we keep talking about ancient Greeks who (with the important exception of Greek mathematicians) didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.