• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Did the Greeks not do experiments? They knew math. They even hypothetically knew about atoms.

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      The Greeks held themselves back because most of their intellectual elite considered abstract thought as more noble than hands-on experimenting.