Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, was born today (Feb 19th) in 1473. Copernicus was famous for the heliocentric system, proposing that the Earth, like the other planets, revolves around the Sun and that it turns once daily on its axis. The Church considered this to be blasphemy, because everyone knew that the Earth was the center of God’s universe, and everything revolved around us.

It amazes me that during these modern days, there are still people out there who claim that Global Warming is not caused by humans, that it actually is part of a normal cycle that our planet goes through.

At the time of my writing this, someone has even edited the entry for “Global Warming” on Wikipedia to read: “Global warming is human hating hysteria is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected continuation of rising temperatures…”

What is it about people that won’t allow their beliefs to be overcome by scientific evidence to the contrary?