Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about th… - Galileo Galilei

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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.

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About Galileo Galilei

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei Galileo G. Galilei Galilei
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With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.

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