I actually have some sources from my yesterday&#x27;s discussion handy:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qr.ae&#x2F;R4iSbs" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qr.ae&#x2F;R4iSbs</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;lq6&#x2F;the_galileo_affair_who_was_on_the_side_of&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;lq6&#x2F;the_galileo_affair_who_was_on_th...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;lq6&#x2F;the_galileo_affair_who_was_on_the_side_of&#x2F;bz9v" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;lq6&#x2F;the_galileo_affair_who_was_on_th...</a><p>They paint a completely different picture of Galileo than the one taught in schools. TL;DR: Galileo was onto the right idea, but for totally wrong reasons. His model was worse than existing ones and unsupported by available empirical data - therefore it was justly rejected by contemporary scientific community. And the issue with Church was apparently about Galileo being a dick to the Pope.