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by dylan604 1717 days ago
It seems that the fact that Capernicus, the expert of his field(s), and his facts were held in such low regard that he was imprisoned for going against the current group think of what was true.

It doesn't matter how expert one is when the "truth" directly contradicts the established "truth" of populace belief. If populace beliefs are greater than the "truth" (or those who speak them) being proposed, "truth" gets subjugated to the basement level prisons.

To an extent, we are seeing this play out today

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Was Copernicus ever imprisoned? I think you might be thinking about Galileo.