Remembering that on Ash Wednesday, Feb 17 1600, Giordano Bruno, condemned as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition, in part for his cosmological views, was publicly burned in the Campo de Fiori, and his ashes thrown in the Tiber. (Ashes to ashes.)
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He believed Copernicus, who denied the idea of earth as center of the universe, did not go far enough. Bruno posited the idea of an infinite universe with an infinity of worlds, with intelligent creatures. He said in the future we might develop means to visit these worlds.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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