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Originally Posted by alnorth
Well, that is not true since it was one of the charges made against him. Some have probably gone too far by painting him as a scientific martyr (it would be more accurate to call him a "free speech martyr"), but you seem to be taking the other incorrect extreme of saying his belief in many worlds had nothing to do with being tried.
Your outrage on this is pretty overblown, too. The larger point on this is that the free exchange of ideas is necessary. The nit-picky point point you are arguing could easily be edited into the film by removing a couple lines.
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Again, you are falling into the trap of assuming certain things about Bruno that simply aren't true. You are correct that he was a free speech martyr... you are incorrect in thinking it had anything to do with real science. This would be like claiming that Ken Ham is persecuted by the media because of his scientific beliefs.
My outrage is not AT ALL overblown. Science is about FACTS and when you "fudge" on those facts you destroy your credibility. The entire segment on Bruno was fantasy... not just a few "lines" here and there.
Again, anyone who bothers to do the least bit of research can see this plain as day.