On 8 Oct, 21:21, oriel36 wrote:
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decades ?,somehow Galileo expressed this awful condition that is now
worse than ever -

"The same thing has struck me even more forcibly than you. I have
heard such things put forth as I should blush to repeat--not so much
to avoid discrediting their authors (whose names could always be
withheld) as to refrain from detracting so greatly from the honor of
the human race. In the long run my observations have convinced me that
some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion In
their minds which, either because of its being their own or because of
their having received it from some person who has their entire
confidence, impresses them so deeply that one finds it impossible ever
to get it out of their heads. Such arguments in support of their fixed
idea as they hit upon themselves or hear set forth by others, no
matter how simple and stupid these may be, gain their instant
acceptance and applause. On the other hand whatever is brought forward
against it, however ingenious and conclusive, they receive with
disdain or with hot rage--if indeed it does not make them ill "
Galileo

Who do you think Galileo was referring to here.

"Some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion
In
their minds which, either because of its being their own or because of
their having received it from some person who has their entire
confidence, impresses them so deeply that one finds it impossible ever
to get it out of their heads."

He is describing people like you who only consider their own
subjective views of the universe and ignore any evidence they don't
like instead of examining all the evidence critically and
dispassionately. Galileo was a scientist. He also enjoyed using a
telescope to look at the night sky. If you met him now you would
dismiss him as an astrologer and empiricist. He, of course would
consider you to be a crank.