The Weekly Standard's, hagiography of contrarian Dick Lindzen, drew criticism in The Guardian from Dana Nuccitelli, who challenged the Neocon's predictable comparison of their scientific hero to a certain Italian astronomer:
The major difference between Lindzen and Galileo was that Galileo was right.
This heresy outraged Viscount Monckton, staunch defender of the faith, whose title dates back to the year of our Lord 1956, forty years before he became my shirtmaker and some years after he was born a commoner, like his father and grandfather before him. The noble lord writes in WUWT:
Actually, Galileo was wrong.
The Church, as well as informed scientific opinion, had long agreed that the Earth orbits the Sun and not the other way about. However, Galileo had drawn inappropriate theological conclusions from heliocentricity, perpetrating the notorious non sequitur that since the Earth was not the centre of the Universe the Incarnation and Crucifixion were of less importance than the Church maintained.
However,
The major difference between Lindzen and Galileo was that Galileo was right.
Actually, Galileo was wrong.
The Church, as well as informed scientific opinion, had long agreed that the Earth orbits the Sun and not the other way about. However, Galileo had drawn inappropriate theological conclusions from heliocentricity, perpetrating the notorious non sequitur that since the Earth was not the centre of the Universe the Incarnation and Crucifixion were of less importance than the Church maintained.
However,
Steven Mosher says:
January 13, 2014 at 9:43 pm Galileo has a case.
To resolve this dispute,
here is the sacred wisdom of the internet:
