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"Galileo: listen to me Andrea: don't talk to other people about our ideas.
Andrea: Why not?
Galileo: The big shots won't allow it.
Andrea: But it's the truth.
Galileo: But they're forbidding it. ..."
I found this part to be interesting because Galileo has the same concerns in this play in the 1600s that modern day inventors have. Today, people hide their ideas or keep them on the down low so that others cannot profit off of their work. Whether it is a new phone or any other product, it is a big concern to have information leaked. In Galileo's circumstance, he does not want his thoughts leaked because they are not supported by the university that gives him his job. The censorship that Galileo has to deal with is another link to today's world. There are people in charge who do not encourage (or actively go against) people thinking differently. We live in a society where certain things are the norm (some of these might not even seem that normal), but because the people in charge deem it so. In Galileo's time, there were those in charge who wanted to control what information was sent to the public. For Galileo, he was going against a belief that pretty much everyone had. For him to continue his research, he needs to keep it secret or else he would be censored one way or another.
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