Induction "debate"
Posted on: November 16, 2010 - 5:54pm
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Induction "debate"
Just wondered how many here, if any have been following my 'debate' with some strange person, obsessed with the "problem of induction", here, in thread
http://www.rationalresponders.com/why_the_problem_of_induction_really_isnt_a_problem_and_why_theists_dont_even_get_it_right
I have seen no others commenting...
I would be interested in some other opinions.
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They were the smartest. You would have to read some of the other stuff (fragments) from the time. Imagine Socrates being the smartest guy in the room, and you have an idea of the horror. 5th BCE, bad; 21st century good.
Aristotle at least came up with the first real rules for logic. Democritus could have been lucky with his hypothesis, but since he had the first parts of entropy pretty close AND had an atomic theory, the testing method is the only thing that was missing.
Basically cavemen with advanced crafts. Like steaming thin layers of ivory on statues for ultra-realistic skin. Very cool, but that's not germ theory, transistors, or any of the freaky shit that Tesla invented.
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