"It is not enough to wear the mantle of Galileo: that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment. You must also be *right*." - Robert L. Park.pic.twitter.com/KYHDBIrBdf
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"It is not enough to wear the mantle of Galileo: that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment. You must also be *right*." - Robert L. Park.pic.twitter.com/KYHDBIrBdf
"I can guarantee you Einstein did not go around telling people, "Look, I know this theory of general relativity sounds wacky, but that's what they said about Galileo!" - Jordan Ellenburg, author of 'How Not To Be Wrong'pic.twitter.com/a8Da8JccFV
I thought about this quote a lot during the past year...
I was just reading this article about Alex Berenson, and it occurs to me that he's the archetype example of a misinformed contrarian who thinks he's an intellectual giant.
I suspect he may have borrowed form:
John Sladek (1974):
"They laughed at Galileo, they laughed at Darwin, they laughed at Edison … and they laughed at Punch and Judy."
@SmutClyde
Bozo did the dub?
Every accepted idea was once considered eccentric. Many eccentric ideas are never accepted-Bertrand Russell
(To be honest, they should have laughed at Columbus. He was lost.)
Have a thousands retweets on me.
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