Galileo’s difficulties with the Catholic church are a good early example he spoke scientific truth to authoritarian power and suffered the consequences. The Catholic church reprieved him eventually, but not until 1992. He was speaking truth to a powerful establishment, and the conflict came to a head in 1633, when, under severe duress, he was forced to withdraw his heretical ideas. Despite the scientific validity of his observations, he was threatened with torture by the Catholic inquisition if he did not recant. The classic manifestation of this was what Galileo encountered when he proposed, on the basis of careful observations through the new technology of the telescope, that the planet was not the centre of the solar system. The creators of such dogma are often authoritarian, hierarchical figures who then ferociously defend their own creation. The dogma is initially created to fill a void in comprehension, but it is eventually replaced by rational scientific understanding. She loves books, opera, Star Trek, and all things sci-fi/fantasy.The history of human civilisation is littered with examples of natural phenomena, including human disease, initially explained by dogma. She lives with her husband of 30 years, who is her primary caregiver.
Despite being treated by experts in the field, her condition continued to deteriorate, and she is now mostly confined to her bed.
Thirteen years after becoming ill, she was diagnosed with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome). Kris Rudin is a former software engineer and avid bicycle racer whose life changed completely at age 47 when she developed a “mystery illness”. Kris shares her journey from athlete to diagnosis and we talk about Church responses to chronic illness, Long Covid, and theology. Robyn and Stephanie are joined by Kris and talk about myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS, sometimes CFS/ME).
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