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This has inspired me to want to write about the maniacal fascination with astrophysics that I think is an outgrowth of this mentality, but in the meantime, have a couple of articles I enjoy!

https://sheseeksnonfiction.blog/2021/08/15/carl-sagan-was-wrong/

https://telescoper.blog/2018/06/19/why-the-universe-is-overrated/

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OMG! I have always argued that science and religion need not be at war with one another. Is Aldous Huxley a descendant of Thomas H? Seems Aldous had to find something bigger and greater than a simplistic materialistic world with no spiritual value.

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According to Wikipedia, yes, he was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huxley_family

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Well this has definitely blown my mind.

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It's really partial . Galileo did have to face the Inquisition. Copernicus' heliocentrism was initially ignored by the Church but then condemned etc... those are historical facts

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