Carbon dioxyde in the athmosphere record breaking year-over-years raise

[sean miguel]

Who in turn were controlled by the church. Ur derr derp, or something.

Galileo's fellow astronomers' skepticism wasn't based on the teachings of the church but rather that of Claudius Ptolemaeus (a heathen) who put forth the astrological model of nearby celestial bodies revolving around the earth. That was the accepted science of the day, which the church happened to agree with. It was the apparent absence of the shifting of the stars in relation to movement of the earth (parallax) which was the sticking point for those astronomers, not the church.

 

[xfire]

Galileo's fellow astronomers' skepticism wasn't based on the teachings of the church but rather that of Claudius Ptolemaeus (a heathen) who put forth the astrological model of nearby celestial bodies revolving around the earth. That was the accepted science of the day, which the church happened to agree with. It was the apparent absence of the shifting of the stars in relation to movement of the earth (parallax) which was the sticking point for those astronomers, not the church.

If the church had told them to change their views they would have, the Pope didn't fuck around back then.

 

[sean miguel]

If the church had told them to change their views they would have, the Pope didn't fuck around back then.

Galileo was forced to recant but that doesn't mean he changed his view. He is after all, the "father of science."

 

[xfire]

Galileo didn't.

And was lucky he wasn't put to death, instead he was put on house arrest for the rest of his life. Yeah, no internet, that would suck.

 

[sean miguel]

I wish Galileo hadn't recanted and showed the courage of his convictions and told the catholic church to "recant this." But ultimately, that didn't matter.

And again, it was the established "science" at the time and not established by the church.

 

[xfire]

I wish Galileo hadn't recanted and showed the courage of his convictions and told the catholic church to "recant this." But ultimately, that didn't matter.

But again, it was the established "science" at the time and not established by the church.

It was established science that just happened to be approved by the church, merely a happy coincidence. I'm glad that Galileo was smart enough not to get himself executed. The point you're trying to make is that consensus isn't beyond reproach and you're right, anyone that claims science is settled on anything isn't doing science.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

When Bill Nye the science fiction guy was born there were 130,000 glaciers on Earth. Today there are only 130,000.

 

[knowone]

When Bill Nye the science fiction guy was born there were 130,000 glaciers on Earth. Today there are only 130,000.

Source?

 

[Rock111x]

I am afraid people it is happening. Sea level global and regional are rising, glaciers are in retreat (most), ice caps are thining, coral reefs are in die back, ocean currents are changing. There is real data to back this up, not just arm waving.