[HN Gopher] Galileo's telescopes: Seeing is believing (2010)
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       Galileo's telescopes: Seeing is believing (2010)
        
       Author : hhs
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2025-08-10 01:33 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | dylan604 wrote:
       | "For centuries, the trial of Galileo has received far more
       | attention than any other aspect of his life. The conflict between
       | religion and science still rumbles on in the debates over
       | Darwinism and intelligent design."
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       | To me, it's worse than Dawinism vs intelligent design. Religion
       | is often used to squash inconvenient facts in order to gain/keep
       | control. I never would have thought that in my life time, we'd
       | see this become a major issue instead of just in the smaller
       | niche groups.
        
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