Galileo learned a very important lesson from Giordano Bruno – namely, to be very careful when questioning dogmas, especially when the dogma is set forth by the leading institution of Galileo and Bruno’s day, the Catholic Church.
Bruno, a 16th century Renaissance-era philosopher and poet, believed in the infinitude of space, and that stars and planets are more or less randomly mixed together in infinite space. He was the principal … [Read more...]