Josh Gelernter, Science-y Type Guy
He writes, bitching about The Left, Science, The Earth Centered Universe, Climate Change, and all that: People tend to think that proponents of an Earth-centered solar system were nothing but intransigent religious fanatics. In fact, they included scientists of Galileo-level genius, like Ptolemy and Aristotle. When their theories were weakened and their opponents’ strengthened, they switched sides — and the “scientific consensus” changed. From wiki: Aristotle, 384–322 BC Claudius Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. 170 Galileo Galilei, 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642 Aristotle and Ptolemy couldn't "change sides", Josh. They'd been dead over a thousand years.