Copernicus - priest

(Sorry but I can't let this go uncommented.)

That's an insult of the first scientist to suggest that the Earth is not the centre of the universe, but rather it revolves around the Sun.

A discovery that he had to keep secret for almost half a century to keep him from the stake, because the Church *knew* that Earth, God's creation, *must* be the centre of the universe.

If Nicolaus Copernicus heard someone calling him a priest half a millennium later, he most certainly would revolve in his grave.

He was an astronomer, mathematician, lawyer, economist, military strategist, interpreter, ambassador and a doctor. Anything but a bloody priest!



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That's an insult of the first scientist to suggest that the Earth is not the centre of the universe

Before someone corrects me, that was meant to read 'the first scientist in Christian time'.

Prior to that, almost every scientist knew this already...



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Hello Bj”rn,

That's an insult of the first scientist to suggest that the Earth is

not

the centre of the universe

Before someone corrects me, that was meant to read 'the first scientist
in Christian time'.

Prior to that, almost every scientist knew this already...

You will soon be corrected about your error.

Very soon.

--SuperTroll Lee

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Hello Gerrit,

On Tuesday April 30 2019 20:44, you wrote to Bj”rn Felten:

That's an insult of the first scientist to suggest that the
Earth is not the centre of the universe, but rather it revolves
around the Sun.

Oh, well, I always thought that was Aristarchus of Samos (who lived
like 1800 years before Kopernikus).

That too is my understanding. At least he was the first who left records to that effect.


Cheers, Michiel

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Indeed? I was of the impression that Aristarchos' ideas hardly found any supporters through the centuries

How would we know? The Christians had more than a thousand years to hunt down every script they could find, that contradicted their interpretation of their holy book (which trumped all scientific discoveries) and destroy them. Not many managed to survive. So we don't really know anything but small fragments that survived this witch-hunt.

Plus of course, scientist in Asia were much earlier, as I've already reported. Their religions allowed scientific freedom, so their discoveries can often be read still today. Unbiased...




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