» posted on 2:35am - November 12 2008 | posted by Lev

Well, I just went approve some posts, since the section they were in didn't do it automatically, and I came across something which really took me by surprise.

There were several people who had left feedback for the HARD TIME article pointing out the technical mistake.

It was earlier written that Galileo was burned at the stake for stating the Earth was not the center of the Universe but instead the Sun.

As many people already know, this is absolutely not true, so I apologize for that misconception. I have known about this technical mistake for some time (probably close to the amount of time that I first published it, sadly), but I never corrected it because I felt it was relatively minor and probably not noticed by anyone reading it anyhow.

Well, I do stand corrected, and since I see quite a few people noticed it, I have updated the article and temporarily pulled the PDF.

I have now changed it to state what really happened; Galileo was imprisoned for his beliefs by the church until death, and it was Bruno that was burned at the stake for his blasphemous ideas.

I must have simply mixed the two scenarios and names up and gotten the facts incorrectly.

So there, even I can admit when I do something wrong!

http://www.taintedthoughts.com/item/22649

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