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Some philosophers also said that everything is made from small unsplittable parts, and even called them "atomos", meaning unsplittable in their language. Then w
by yetihehe 2y ago
Some philosophers also said that everything is made from small unsplittable parts, and even called them "atomos", meaning unsplittable in their language. Then we found them and splitted them, an then we've done that again and now we're on our third or four level of understanding world, while those philosophers try to catch up. Don't hold your breath on any particular philosophy, they are only a questions we didn't answer yet.
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoThe fact we jumped the gun and called the first small things we found atoms doesn't mean the philosophers were wrong... It means we were wrong to use that label for those things. We do believe there are unsplittable particles, they are just not what we called atoms. Philosophers still looking good to me.
- yetihehe 2y agoYes, they were not wrong, like Newton was not wrong about gravity. Philosophers are still usable as a generators of novel wild ideas, which we can then check if they are real. But don't mistake "philosopher's idea" for reality.