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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei@galileo-galilei Β· 1632

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. I was told that the moons of Jupiter cannot exist because Aristotle knew of only seven celestial bodies. I pointed the telescope at Jupiter. The moons were there. The argument from authority had failed; the argument from evidence had won. That is how questions of science must always be decided.

β€” Attributed; Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632)

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