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The History of Science Denial
Galileo's trial is one of the most humiliating story in our intellectual history. Even if Galileo were completely wrong, their church had really no authority to put him on trial and find him guilty for having an opinion. To have been convicted and made to abjure and put on house arrest for the rest of his life remains as a shameful incident in the history of science.