Review: Adam Ruins Everything “The Copernican Ruin-aissance”

The penult-animated episode.

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Adam sheds light on Copernicus

Turns out Copernicus’ astronomical findings were on the back of Muslim scientists’ data churning. And that whole bit about the Catholic church trying to stop Copernicus from publishing his book? That never happened. We learn that the church didn’t even give a shit about Copernicus and in fact, his first published book was made out to the pope.

When people started to hear that the Earth revolves around the Sun, they were actually elated about the findings that Protestants would eventually have an issue with. Due to political pressures, the Catholic church would begin their long ass war against science which includes messing with Galileo.

 

A rogue dwarf revolutionizes what people know about the human body

Andreas Vesalius helped disrupt the way in which anatomy was studied. He helped fix about 200 inaccuracies with Galen’s findings of the human body but was chastised by the local community. Eventually, Vesalius would dig up dead bodies for experimentation and write his book which featured accurate drawings of the human body. The book would land Andreas a new job and is this week’s badass of history.

 

Tulip Mania

We learn that tulips were one of the earliest examples of a fad. Futures contracts, financial speculators, and the basis for market bubbles were born. Before the dot-com boom, the tulips were a rather devastating bubble burst and there was a big financial crash that we still haven’t learned from to this day.

Same Time, Different Place

Whoa! There was a time when religious tolerance was an ok thing! It was really just Europeans that appeared to have an issue with monotheistic societies. Sound familiar?

Our Take

This week’s episode of Adam was an important lesson in challenging the status quo. Whether it’s religion, science, or reading the Wall Street fucking Journal, we have a ton of resources in which we can learn from our mistakes and provide additional insight to help educate the masses of the future which is sorely needed right now.