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Zaine comments on Seeking examples of people smarter than me who got hung up - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Zaine 14 January 2013 08:31:50AM *  1 point [-]

Again, from memory (sorry if mistaken): Leibniz and Newton were in disagreement on the nature of the fundamental constituent of our universe. Leibniz thought it monads; Newton thought it Force.

I suppose they were both right (except for the aiua quality Leibniz seemed to think monads possessed, to borrow a concept from Orson Scott Card), though it was not at all obvious at the time - and to some degree still isn't.

Comment author: Manfred 14 January 2013 09:44:23AM *  0 points [-]

aeiou quality

Comment author: DanArmak 14 January 2013 12:34:12PM 0 points [-]

aiua is a reference to a fictional term used by OSC in some books, not an actual term used by Leibniz.

Comment author: Manfred 14 January 2013 01:24:28PM *  0 points [-]

I know, I was just pulling out an old animaniacs joke.