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> Our ancestors 200,000 years ago when our first ancestors had the brains to figure it out. Newton had to invent calculus to make the proof. You're not simpli
by david927 5y ago
> Our ancestors 200,000 years ago when our first ancestors had the brains to figure it out.
Newton had to invent calculus to make the proof.
You're not simplifying anything; you just got confused. And that's ok, honestly. There is literally not a person on this planet, now or ever, who didn't have holes in their knowledge or had something confused. It happens.
- hutzlibu 5y agoCome on, you know what he meant. Newton was the first to discover the laws of gravity, even though we still do not understand how gravity works and even though primitive animals can "discover" gravity.
- david927 5y agoWhat he said: not so fast if you start it 200,000 years ago when our first ancestors had the brains to figure it out. What I said: what Newton formulated was not “things fall down”. And you’re taking the time to correct.. me?
- Talanes 5y agoThe tone implies that you think the first statement is wrong in some way, but it's still not clear why. Their comment was bring it back around to the original topic of the thread: the entire scope of homo sapiens sapiens existence and how long it took us to figure things out in relation to that. You're trying to limit the scope to just the time period where the rest of the necessary knowledge had been discovered, while everyone else is counting the discovery of that background knowledge as part of the process.