AllanCrossman comments on "What Is Wrong With Our Thoughts" - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 May 2009 07:24AM

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Comment author: AllanCrossman 17 May 2009 08:59:58PM 0 points [-]

What do you mean by "available"?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 17 May 2009 10:33:44PM 0 points [-]

Eg., I'm not interested in hearing that medieval philosophers ignored the idea that the motion of the planets are governed by the same laws that govern the motion of bodies on earth.

Comment author: AllanCrossman 18 May 2009 12:01:02PM *  1 point [-]

So, are we looking for something which is:

  • Simple,
  • True,
  • Not obvious,
  • Was claimed as true by someone or other,
  • But mostly ignored?

Perhaps Aristarchus and his heliocentrism would fit the bill (while not strictly true, it was truer than the alternative).