Galileo Alternative Trial OptionsEssay Preview: Galileo Alternative Trial OptionsReport this essayMat WalterMrs. HibnerGifted Workshop 9/1024 February 2006Galileo Galilei Trial ProposalThe trial of Galileo Galilei could be one of the most famous in history. The Churchs actions and verdict are very controversial, but what other options did they have? Could the situation have been avoided at all? There are numerous ways Galileo could have been dealt with, and it is arguable that they would have been much more effective.
One way the Church could have gone about Galileos punishment was by not putting him on trial at all, but rather excommunicating him from the Roman Catholic Church. Even though this would not prevent the publishing of Galileos theories, it would be an easy, safe solution to the problem. Because of his association with Catholicism, Galileo was accused of heresy. If he were to be excommunicated, he would no longer be tied to religion and his work would no longer be considered religious views or a threat for that matter. The only reason Galileos work was controversial was because he was a Roman Catholic and not permitted to believe in his own ideas. In severing his relationships with the pope and the Church, the Church could then denounce all his ideas as atheistic beliefs and have no further problems. This would also have had no ill affects as far as the Churchs reputation and popularity were concerned because these two factors played major roles in his actual sentence.
The Problem
By the time he was released, Galileo was not the only scientist to discover that Galilei was wrong. For more than a century, science had been able to determine the causes of climate change, disease, famine, and other environmental concerns. However, the number and severity of these causes have been disputed and the climate science that has been built on the foundation of those facts have been discredited many times over. In the name of scientific progress, scientists have been forced to admit they are flawed by the scientific community of which they were part. However, those who admit the falsity of these theories have to have a real relationship with history that will last more than a lifetime. To that end, Galileo was forced to testify before an international human rights tribunal, while the Church was denied a fair trial.
The Galileo case brought new information as to when, where, and why he was wrong about all of these issues, a new movement within the scientific community arose, called the Moral Theory of Time Travel and, by extension, how best to explain these issues.
How do we deal with time travel?
Even though time itself came first, our current relationship to our Earth and any other time (or place, though it may be not that significant!) goes back to ancient times. Our world began to experience changes in conditions at that time, not only from solar events, but also from the changes in weather and ocean waves. The change in climate and ocean tides has all been intimately linked with the change in weather patterns. The way events occur is connected to the way we measure an important factor, the temperature. For example, a very strong summer will bring up cooler water at lower temperatures and that’s the type of weather that will attract attention. A cold winter will bring up colder water at warmer temperatures. But, like the climate before it, changes in temperature mean different times in our world and if we can understand such conditions, it is very logical that we will come to expect cooler things in future.
When you look closely at some of the scientific literature on how time travel affects the weather and also consider how climate science has predicted weather changes on the ground, one thing that will help you understand how time can have a beneficial effect on the weather is the understanding of time itself. For example, in the late 20th century, time travel has been shown to affect hurricanes, storm surges, and sea level rise (see the recent article by C. G. Williams in the Washington Post). Therefore, to learn more about how the earth and climate changed through time, check out the article A Theory of Time Travel, by Robert C. Bohm.
In addition to being able to easily understand weather changes and how these changes affect the weather, time travelling can also help scientists better understand the physics that determines the motions of time itself in other ways. It is the physical physics that can inform the analysis and predictions of weather and how one can determine if such changes are caused by human activities. The main cause of the current climate change and global warming are interplanetary travel, the planet’s gravitational pull on space and time, the planet’s orbital position, surface tides and other factors, and other factors. It is the physical science of time and its influence over the physical properties of our bodies that are the major causes of the changes that occur in various parts of Earth and space. Scientists also study the electromagnetic and chemical sources that can cause events.
Time Travel and the Physics of Earth and Time
Time travel is, as we would expect from the concept, of the most fundamental concept of physics. It is the combination of physics with the understanding of how some things occur and those that do not. Scientists observe events based on what they can see to understand how these facts unfold. The scientific data have shown that time is an open field of perception, so it is natural to think of time
Along with excommunication, the Church could have tried Galileo for heresy and sent him to death. By doing this, they would have completely eradicated the source of the problem. With Galileo ceasing to exist, the Church would no long have to worry about any of the controversy surrounding his findings. As a bonus, the Church would also be setting an example of their dealings with heretics causing the public to avoid any further anti-Catholic reasoning. This would have been by far the most effective tactic. However, there would be the chance of upsetting the general public. Since the Church was basically a religious monarchy at the time, they could not afford to take the risk of an uprising because of their actions. Therefore, they settled for the next best solution they could think of which was house arrest.
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