Taking advantage of their faculty of reasoning and objective understanding, radicals have frequently increased and supplemented the public’s knowledge and intelligence in matters related to academia. For example, by developing a deep understanding of the Sun-centered theory of the universe, Galileo radically transformed the way science is done because now, science works primarily by persuasion and not by proof (Pentin 26). Making use of his own understanding, the scientist has developed methods for others to work with that were previously deemed too abstract or vague to study. In addition, by comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system, Galileo transformed how the world views science and how science views the world
