The 'Lost' Galileo Letter - Objectivity 185

[@timothygalvin3021]

Wow. You can tell that behind Keith's eyes was pure rage when he talked about someone saying the letter was misfiled.

[@steve1978ger]

Keith does not strike me as the raging type

[@AndrewRedroad]

"No. We knew about it all along."

[@Epinardscaramel]

You can't get more filed than that!™

[@Jesse__H]

Head Librarian Keith Moore needs his own KZbin channel! I would watch the shit out of that. Just him, choosing topics that he personally finds interesting, and explaining them to us with the help of his vast library! Brady is invaluable for Numberphile, as he bridges the gap between the mathematician and the viewer / layman. He's smart enough to follow along (more than I can say for myself), but grounded enough to make it make sense to _us_ . But Mr. Moore's the real hero of this channel, imho.

[@PepperGipper]

Jesse H. Every video from this channel that has Keith in it is literally exactly that.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

I love hearing the stories Brady and team tell us that feature Keith. I will not discount this channel or the genius behind it. Keith is a busy guy. I'm thrilled that Brady manages to squeeze a bit of time out of Keith's schedule regularly. I can't imagine the amount of unseen effort and work that goes into these productions. I can say a simple 5 min video explaining something technical, visually, without even doing a voice over, takes me about a week of work. There is a tremendous amount of effort going into a channel like this. Our opportunity to appreciate Keith in this situation is due to many many other factors. I'm sure Keith could figure out the basics of KZbin and would do well, but it takes a special kind of Brady to pull off what happens here. It's a full time job, and one that Keith would probably struggle to keep up with while also working at the Royal Society with so much responsibility. That's worth appreciating too. Discounting Brady here is about like the general [idiot box] media insulting Keith by saying 'this GG letter was lost/misplaced.' Thanks Brady, and everyone else that makes these uploads happen. I really enjoy them. -Jake

[@user-ol2mr4bx7c]

Keith please do podcasts or something so we can have you tell us about things for longer

[@2kimports]

KEITH IN A PODCAST WOULD BE AMAZING!!!!

[@stinkee2]

Podkeith

[@stinkee2]

Keithcast

[@robinagreer]

Yes PLEASE!!!

[@dogerriders868]

I could listen to Keith talk about historical documents all day long.

[@AureliusR]

Everyone asking for more of Keith has to understand he is the *head librarian* of one of the most famous archives in the world. He's probably an extraordinarily busy guy, and the fact that he takes time out of his day to film with Brady *probably* comes at least partially out of his personal time. So until he retires or becomes Librarian Emeritus or something, this is probably the most he can sustain.

[@Schizopantheist]

Keep on Keithing on!

[@stuartthegrant]

Just imagine a letter written by Galileo! Wonderful that it still exists in the Royal Society Library. Top video subject Keith.

[@EGarrett01]

There was another one on Antique Roadshow. You can search it up here.

[@naota3k]

Keith! I missed him. The other people were fantastic too, but there's nothing like Keith Moore!

[@lasksi]

I want my initials to be GG too

[@talhatariqyuluqatdis]

Did you say TT?

[@lasksi]

QQ would be fine too

[@oldcowbb]

so you can end every letter with "GG"

[@sillysausage4549]

You can change your name to anything you want (providing it isn't offensive) by law. If you want to call yourself Geoffrey Giraffe, go for it.

[@Varksterable]

In my browser window the header notes were truncated at; "Featuring Keith Moore fro" and my brain instantly filled out the whole sentence as; "Featuring Keith Moore of Keith Moore fame." :)

[@davidrenton]

Objectivity 1000 : Keith , oh yep we had the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant in the basement for years, and they where correctly filed.

[@philipclapper268]

This is really interesting stuff! Also, Brady's haircut in this episode looks very sharp (as does Keith's, as always)

[@ethan_martin]

This is the most underrated Brady channel on youtube....

[@celtgunn9775]

I absolutely ~love~ the Royal Society Library. There is just so much within to explore and learn about. Brady, is there a website with plants from the Library books that people can view online? I would love to see them. As well as animals, so fascinating to see the variety in the world!

[@kevinbright9360]

Love the channel!

[@bloemundude]

I just checked my office. No lost hand-written Galileo letters here. How about at your place?

[@xcq1]

Although I like science and the Royal society, I've come to watch Objectivity exclusively because of Keith.

[@tncorgi92]

I wonder if Galileo expected the Spanish Inquisition.

[@simontay4851]

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition. Our chief weapon is surprise...

[@robbiemer8178]

Our chief weapon is surprise. And fear...

[@robbiemer8178]

Our three. Three weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency...and a fanatical devotion to the pope...

[@davidrenton]

@@simontay4851 apart from the 6 month heads up they gave you

[@flamingmuffin666]

More Keith moore

[@MacoveiVlad]

Next up: The White Gloves of Destiny find the Holy Grail :)

[@urisbdbcn]

It is an open secret that the Royal Society keeps the Holy Grail in its archives!

[@recklessroges]

Yeah, obviously they've already got one.

[@RonJohn63]

@@urisbdbcn that wasn't in Dan Brown's well-regarded and completely accurate history of the Merovingians!

[@JeremyWS]

I always liked Galileo. He was my favorite ancient astronomer.

[@Tevildo]

batmanfanforever08 - Naah, he was a bit of a charlatan - he didn't invent the telescope (that was Lippershey), or the theory that everything falls at the same speed (that was Oresme) or drop a cannonball off the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and most of his astronomical theories (as opposed to observations) turned out to be incorrect. Tycho Brahe for my money.

[@DaBoff99]

Good video Brady

[@GildedEntries]

Dang, perusing an original Galileo letter. It doesn’t get cooler than that.

[@PopeLando]

So the Tracts' printer, instead of putting the author as Galileo Galilei, evidently had Bohemian Rhapsody running through his head 0:50

[@Tevildo]

PopeLando - Galileius, Galileii, second declension. _By_ Galileo, with-by-or-from Galileo.

[@Tevildo]

@David - "There was once a man called Galileo Galilei, who was - a declension."

[@LiLi-or2gm]

Oh, I suggested this object recently- cool!!

[@RonJohn63]

1:46 Everything revolves around *me!!!*

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Brilliant thanks for sharing 👍

[@chrismusix5669]

Where in the scriptures does it say everything revolves around the Earth? Are you talking about Ecclesiastes 1:5? That scripture is worded vaguely.

[@JimFortune]

Does the Royal Society now get a flood of applications for the position of archivist?

[@blindbrick]

You are the spitting image of the dutch singer, Stef Bos, in his younger years.

[@whalep]

KEEEEIIITTTHHHH

[@EGarrett01]

If you'd like to compare this letter to another one written in Galileo's handwriting, check out this one that was appraised on Antique Roadshow. watch?v=UB1ZAPqRVa0

[@PinkChucky15]

Nice!

[@annegoodreau4925]

I'd like to see more of a study about what Scripture actually says about the earth being the center of the universe, because I am not aware that this is ever declared as a scientific statement. There are references to the sun rising, etc., just as we use those idioms today. My point is that I don't think the Church derived the idea of the earth being at the center from Scripture as much as their own vanity and inflated importance of mankind led them there.

[@Epinardscaramel]

It's not false, it "looks different from the truth" 😁

[@Polite_Cat]

it shows how insane religion was (and still is) when galileo had to convince them of his "direct observation" method instead of scripture. literally had to convince them that seeing something in front of your eyes as proof was a better method then a bronze age book written by unknown anonymous people. and he still got persecuted. INSANE.

[@loganv0410]

Was it really what is "said in the Bible" or the dogma du jour of professional churchmen out to maintain an unthought status quo

[@fustigate314159]

I think this is a very important question they didn't properly address here.

[@Gurman8r]

Please get Keith to make ASMR videos.

[@daveh3997]

A little CYA. Some things never seem to change.

[@Yupppi]

How can it be long lost if it's been right there in the Royal Society?

[@LeoStaley]

If by "the scriptures" you mean, Aristotle and Ptolomy, or the church's official cosmological tradition based thereon, then yes. But The Bible itself never touches on heliocentric vs geocentric because it presumes a flat world with the sky being a dome above, and could never have conceived of orbits.

[@Casey_Jones]

G.G.

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Imagine writing something today and in four hundred years' time it's still relevant. I mean, if you're going to do it, it had better be more meaningful than 'lol bae u so random' or some shit.

[@smaakjeks]

I wrote a super edgy letter about how life is meaningless and how we're all going to die one day, and the universe doesn't even care. I have a feeling it will transcend time and culture forever more.

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Smaakjeks K I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish but Albert Camus had the best life-is-meaningless writing of all time. Of all time!

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

The obeisance of Galileo here, is dejecting. Perhaps fortune didn't yet favour the prepared mind in 1613.

[@abhitomar320]

i heard about this mystery solved

[@mizutoryu242]

Vatican, you're not as exclusives as you think.

[@nu11y61]

gg

[@omikronweapon]

Tweeds!

[@TheHealta]

hi basia

[@oneonta310]

Catholic here. The bible doesn't say that the earth is at the center. This is a common myth.

[@oneonta310]

@@supaleetkillah its more complicated than "he went against church teachings and the church didn't like that."

[@brainimp]

Bible does not say a lot of things but it never stopped the powerful religious leaders from making conclusions based on vague verses, then making them doctrine and enforcing it on the populations they controlled

[@oneonta310]

@@brainimp it wasn't based on ANY verses. The bible isn't a science book.

[@brainimp]

yes it was based on vague verses, it never said specifically the earth was the centre but they deduced from various verses that it had to be for the verses to be true

[@moochgoestube]

It is suggested and has been interpreted that way for centuries - it took the Catholic church way over 300 years to halfheartedly acknowledge that they were wrong in condemning Galileo. It's not like there is a specific cosmological model in the bible, but there are certain passages that suggest that the earth doesn't move and is at the center of the universe. It was enough to convince the church back then to think Galileo's views were a heresy. You may think that the bible isn't a science book, but there are enough people out there who think it is.

[@KarlFarbman]

SMH. We'd be an interstellar species right now if it weren't for religious nonsense holding back science for as long as it did.

[@RyanSaturley]

It's obvious neither have read the Bible. It nowhere states the Earth is the center of the solar system or universe... That belief is the fabrication of the church. You both need to get your facts straight on the origins of that belief. The Genesis account makes its statement from the view point of an observer on the Earth...not of the order or sequence of that creation, just the sequence observed from Earth.