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Article #453Re: NEWS: Galileo Cleared of Heresy Charges by Vatican
From: Johan Wevers
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:15
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:15
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sichase@csa2.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
> VATICAN CITY _ It's official: The Earth revolves around the sun,
>even for the Vatican.
Damn, just now the principle of general covariance sais it's just a matter
of reference frame. Those ^$*&%((*~"& are xians walk always many years
behind the scientific developments. Maybe the Vatican will say in 2300 or
so that Einstein was right instead of Galilei (If the Vatican still exists
then, of course). Of course, Galilei was closer to the truth than the Vatican.
>clarifications furnished by recent historical studies enable us to state
>that this sad misunderstanding now belongs to the past,'' the pope said.
Not completely, general covariance seems to be too difficult for those
^%$^&)("*&~ xians.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!blade.stack.urc.tue.nl!johan From: johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Johan Wevers) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: NEWS: Galileo Cleared of Heresy Charges by Vatican Message-ID: <6159@tuegate.tue.nl> Date: 4 Nov 92 14:15:55 GMT References: <1NOV199212181508@csa2.lbl.gov> Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl Lines: 21