VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|HarryR|DATE|1357728615|CONTENT|I heard him say something like &quot;Bruno was burned alive for asserting that the stars are suns like our own and the Universe is populated with an infinite number of planets.&quot; Then an insinuation that Bruno had got it wrong as the number estimated by NASA ( in just our Galaxy) &quot;is significantly fewer.&quot;

Summary
&quot;Bruno correctly identified the Sun as a star and the stars as suns, that Earth was not the only planet that existed ( and thus Mankind not quite as unique as religion wished), indeed predicted that there were very many  - an infinite number.

We burned him alive - and perhaps that was excessive, but the number of stars isn&#039;t actually infinite so he got it wrong - let&#039;s call it a draw.&quot;|IP-ADDRESS|92.40.253.133|MODERATIONFLAG|