When Galileo Galilei was alive, most scientists believed that heavy objects fall to Earth faster than light objects. Galileo conducted an experiment and found that objects of the same size and shape fall to Earth at the same speed, no matter their mass. What did Galileo most likely have to do in order to convince other scientists that his observations were correct?

A. Publish the results of the experiment.

B. Keep the results to himself and wait for other scientists to conduct similar experiments.

C. Repeat the experiment multiple times in front of witnesses.

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Jane Erickson

Biology

28 October, 04:20

When Galileo Galilei was alive, most scientists believed that heavy objects fall to Earth faster than light objects. Galileo conducted an experiment and found that objects of the same size and shape fall to Earth at the same speed, no matter their mass. What did Galileo most likely have to do in order to convince other scientists that his observations were correct?

A. Publish the results of the experiment.

B. Keep the results to himself and wait for other scientists to conduct similar experiments.

C. Repeat the experiment multiple times in front of witnesses.

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Terrence Ibarra · Answer 1

C. Repeat the experiment multiple times in front of witnesses. At the time, most people were inclined to believe what the Catholic Church brainwashed them to believe. Galileo and some of his contemporaries performed experiments and achieved results that were contrary to the teachings of the Church, but most people were hesitant to believe them, so they had to be conducted multiple times in front of eyewitnesses for them to be accepted.