ABrooks comments on Rationality Quotes March 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 March 2012 10:57:24PM 4 points [-]

Aristole's impetus

A totally trivial nit pick, I admit, but there's no such thing as the Aristotelian theory of impetus. The theory of impetus was an anti-Aristotelian theory developed in the middle ages. Aristotle has no real dynamical theory.

Comment author: TimS 03 March 2012 04:10:54AM 0 points [-]

Thanks. Did not know that.

Comment author: Bugmaster 02 March 2012 10:59:38PM 0 points [-]

Thanks, I did not actually know that. But I should have known.

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