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1. Booman dismantled this at his website

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 06:14 PM

Mar 2015

Under the headline, "Don't let Ted Cruz teach history":

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/3/25/93628/1856

The dispute between the papacy and Galileo was about whether the Sun orbited the Earth or the Earth orbited the Sun. It had absolutely nothing to do with the shape of the Earth.

So, that’s error number one in Cruz’s retelling of history. Error number two is that he can talk about “accepted scientific wisdom” in the context of the 16th and early 17th-Century. When we talk about “science,” we are talking about a method of inquiry that wasn’t really understood until the 19th Century. Galileo wasn’t arguing with “scientists” or any kind of scientific consensus. He was arguing with theologians and priests.

As usual, read the whole thing; it's not very long. Ted Cruz really and truly is walking, talking proof that an Ivy League education is not a guarantee of intelligence.

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Booman dismantled this at his website gratuitous Mar 2015 #1

Actually he has much more in common with the Inquisition than with Galileo. LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #2

that's what I was thinking too. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #4

I always thought he was rolling his eyes in this portrait ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #3

Is being a dimwit a prerequisite for being a Repuke? ailsagirl Mar 2015 #5

Galileo had the intellect to study the unknown Optical.Catalyst Mar 2015 #6

You know those huge strong winds that are blowing across the Mid-West ?? BlueJazz Mar 2015 #7

Galileo's buried in the Mid-West ? CincyDem Mar 2015 #9

I thought he was from Fargo ? BlueJazz Mar 2015 #10

Now I remember... CincyDem Mar 2015 #12

How the F did this guy ever get into (and then graduate from) Princeton. CincyDem Mar 2015 #8

Some light reading for the junior senator from Texas: NuclearDem Mar 2015 #11

Funny, I don't compare myself to Cruz... n/t Galileo126 Mar 2015 #13

Oh good! SO when does that asshole start his lifetime house arrest!? Rex Mar 2015 #14

Does it occur to anyone else... 99Forever Mar 2015 #15

Mama Mia let me go. nt Codeine Mar 2015 #16

Clearly, this imbecile, this cretin, this evolutionary throwback hifiguy Mar 2015 #17

oh ffs... beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #18

. Rex Mar 2015 #20

lol beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #23

Even worse is the dreaded hifiguy Mar 2015 #24

"Senator, you are no Galileo" (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #19

I guess he never heard of the little ice age... Blanks Mar 2015 #21

I see a little silhouetto of a man, Oilwellian Mar 2015 #22

Am I detecting some yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #25

Time to put Cruz under house arrest still_one Mar 2015 #26

Good News HassleCat Mar 2015 #27

Try to be careful.... daleanime Mar 2015 #31

i don't think he understand history - no surprise there as cruz is stupid samsingh Mar 2015 #28

Don't flatter yourself a**hole. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #29

Flat Earth? Galileo? In the 16th century even the Pope knew the Earth was not flat. Johonny Mar 2015 #30

There are obviously gaps in the knowledge of the highly educated Cubanadian Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #32

rememvber this isthe guy who read green eggs and ham and got the sotry hollysmom Mar 2015 #33

I found this modified logo for Carnival Cruz on #tedcruzcampaignslogans Gothmog Mar 2015 #34

From #tedcruzcampaignslogans Gothmog Mar 2015 #35