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FAQ on LoadBear's Instrument of Precommitment
- brudgers 10y agoThis reminds me of the literary technique of explaining philosophical concepts via a dialog. Gallelio's Dialog Concerning Two World Systems[1][2] was the specific example that comes to mind [an example of "natural philosophy" which was what science was before it was science]. The literary technique goes back into the Ancient world, e.g. Plato. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Ch... [2]: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/dialogue.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/dialog...