From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > The principle of relativity (of motion, among other "absolutes"   
   > any one of which can be considered a "theory of relativity"),   
   > or Galileo's ship, was already at least sort of well-known at   
   > the time.   
      
   Questionable.  Why would Galilei have written books about that, then?   
   Why would he have been tried by the Inquisition and convicted (just not   
   received the death penalty because he was only found *suspect* of heresy)   
   for claiming that Terra moves instead of Sol?   
      
   > The story of how quantities arrived at momentum, [...]   
      
   Word salad.   
      
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