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the trouble with science

1. What was Galileo’s achievement?

Galileo’s achievement was to discredit, once and for all, the long – cherished view that the earth is the centre of a universe whose sole purpose is the sustaining of human life. The world, Galileo claimed is not always as we see it. He went on further to suggest that overnight we humans became bit – part players in a drama whose stage dwarfed us by its magnificence, in a plot for which we were at best a minor footnote. Galileo marked the end of a long haul up from the first glimmerings of a conscious thought in the mind of some prehistoric human ancestor a quarter of a million years ago to the triumphs of fully fledged modern science.


2. What is the reason why we should be concerned about the minority that espouses anti – science sentiments?

The reason why we should be concerned about the minority that espouses anti – science sentiments is that many of these individuals are often educated, more articulate and more commi...

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