CLASSIC: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Progress versus preservation: It's one of the eternal dilemmas found throughout every instance of human civilization. Should we embrace disruptive thoughts and science that challenges our beliefs, or should we cling to the comfort of the status quo? Join Ben and Noel in this week's Classic episode as they explore the tragic and inspiring stories of books that were banned not for racy, fictional scenes -- but for furthering our understanding of the universe and our place within it.

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0:00.0	fellow ridiculous historians,
0:02.0	welcome to this week's classic.
0:05.0	I am Ben Bullen, you are Noel Brown.
0:08.0	Sir, uh, yes.
0:10.0	Do you, uh, do you enjoy books?
0:13.0	Oh, geez, put me on the spot, why don't you?
0:16.0	I admittedly have struggled in recent years just due to the nature of our job to like really throw myself into a good book. I do a lot of
0:25.2	audio books. I'm very good at consuming and retaining things you know
0:28.8	auditorily but man this episode is really making me not take for granted the right to possess and read a book.
0:39.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:40.5	I'm Max Williams, by the way.
0:41.9	Hello, Max.
0:42.4	I like books too. Yeah, of'm Max Williams, by the way. Hello, Max.
0:43.0	Yeah, of course, you do.
0:44.0	Okay, all right.
0:45.0	Max is a real reader.
0:46.0	All right.
0:47.0	Max, do you recall this episode from 2018?
0:50.0	No, I didn't work on the show until 2021. We did do a similar two-part episode about when scientists were persecuted despite being right. So I'm assuming there's going to be a little crossover between that and this episode.
1:04.0	Yes, and so without further ado, the three times society refused to accept new books on science.
1:14.0	Kay hasn't heard from her sister in seven years.
1:17.0	I have a proposal for you.
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