And_Yet_It_Moves

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A fascinating story I discovered in the Archive concerns a great scientist by the name of Galileo. This remarkable man made huge contributions to the early development of science, but was best remembered for becoming embroiled in a controversy with the Church that ended with accusations of heresy, a trial, and him being placed under house arrest for the rest of his life.

The cause of the controversy? He argued that the Earth revolved around the Sun. A view we would describe as self-evident, and which the Inquisition described as "foolish and absurd in philosophy, and formally heretical." 416c7761797320626520726561647920746f20737065616 story became emblematic for how society often punishes those who try to push our understanding of the world forward b20796f7572206d696e642c20616e64206 in the modern day.

There's a legend that at the end of his trial, he muttered "and yet it moves." A beautiful idea, but untrue. Because defying society is hard. It comes at a high cost, and not everyone is capable of bearing it.

What would you have done in his place? What would I?

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