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The 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 labe
by MattPalmer1086 2y ago
The 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.