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Welcome to the on-line forum for conversation about the Wilma production of Brecht's  Galileo, the discussion panels associated with it, and the various issues that arise from those. Walter has provided some valuable background, both at the Wilma site and in program notes. Some additional Serendip materials that may be relevant include

• Complex Systems
• On Beyond "On Beyond Newton"
• Writing Descartes
• Truth? God and Geometry
• "Blest Be the Land that Needs no Hero"
• A Class Discussion
• Science as Story Telling
  
• Getting it Less Wrong
  

Brecht's Galileo is a play I've long admired, and I very much enjoyed seeing the Wilma performance last Saturday. Each time I see it, I'm struck by something different. This time it was Galileo's self-condemnation speech, in which he asserts that what is important about being a scientist isn't one's product (which someone else might create) but one's willingness to stand up for the importance of doubting, to resist any effort to get people to settle for existing understandings from whatever authority. Galileo may have failed to live up to that ideal himself but he stands as an inspiration to others to try and become less wrong.