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Scientific claims against known scientific facts
Galileo Galilei was a scientist who said that heliocentrism was wrong, the sun did not revolve around the earth, and the Catholic church made him recant this because everyone knew the sun revolved around the earth. Galileo was right, the catholic church was wrong.... - shehrose...
Much clearer, though I’m just quoting you with the “best fit” part, hence my confusion. And I would add that Darwin’s 5th edition change in response to Herbert Spencer’s commentary (“survival of the fittest”) only has to do with reproductive fitness. Not all kinds of fitness....