18 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
We Must Interrogate Nature
Greek mathematics was a brilliant step forward. Greek science, on the other hand - its first steps rudimentary and often uninformed by experiment - was riddled with error. Despite the fact that we cannot see in pitch darkness, they believed that vision depends on a kind of radar that emanates from the eye, bounces off what we're seeing, and returns to the eye. (Nevertheless, they made substantial progress in optics.) Despite the obvious resemblance of children to their mothers, they believed ...Folksonomies: superstition free inquiry
Folksonomies: superstition free inquiry
Being non-superstitious isn't enough.