Because you know, Aristotle was not a Scientist, so he must be wrong everywhere else. Same for anyone: from Plato to Descartes to Hume to Nietzsche to Husserl.

Because you know, Aristotle was not a Scientist, so he must be wrong everywhere else. Same for anyone: from Plato to Descartes to Hume to Nietzsche to Husserl. Like Vizzini in the Princes Bride: "Plato, Aristotle... Morons". It is so easy to mistake science for wisdom.