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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
another scientist, Giordano Bruno, was burned at the stake, for asserting space was infinite, and that other suns and solar systems, and earth like planets existed.
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Some folks say that "space" is finite but unbounded (like the surface of a sphere is finite yet unbounded as a 2D analog). I was just thinking that poor Bruno may have toasted for nothing.
Probably off topice but that hit me as funny.