I saw only a few minutes, so perhaps I am unfair — but what I saw was a lot of Church bashing and a lot of untruths about the suppression of science.
Sounds like the typical NPR-style the show emulates. Now, I’m beginning to feel really bad, guilty for posting this.
Sounds like the typical NPR-style the show emulates. Now, I’m beginning to feel really bad, guilty for posting this.
Bruno wasn't burned at the stake for science. Perhaps they'll find authoritative the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Thus, in 1600 there was no official Catholic position on the Copernican system, and it was certainly not a heresy. When Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) was burned at the stake as a heretic, it had nothing to do with his writings in support of Copernican cosmology ..."