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		happytoexplain on Dec 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Case Against Galileo Will this be the next holistic take on a legendary mind that spurs an overreaction in popular culture due to the novelty of being able to objectively criticise a giant, a la Edison? It's even got Aristotle in Tesla's place as the underappreciated adjacent figure.

mcv on Dec 25, 2019 [–]

Columbus, Edison, and now Galileo. Turns out a lot of icons of Enlightenment don't survive the light of historical nuance.

That's not a problem as long as we use that opportunity to give some forgotten heroes a bit more limelight.

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