[wimpycat]

Galileo didn't live during the Dark Ages.

[Lumberjack]

And that has what to do with the argument? The time period/name is pretty irrelevant. What is important, though, is that the accusation was spot on. Ideas are not judged "good or bad" based on the number of people that support them. Popularity contests do not determine an ideas worth, rather only an ideas acceptance.