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Great stuff, as usual, lutusp. The paradigmatic example is Kepler, who labored for years on models of the solar system based on the Platonic solids and "perfec
by nacker 14y ago
Great stuff, as usual, lutusp. The paradigmatic example is Kepler, who labored for years on models of the solar system based on the Platonic solids and "perfect" circular orbits.
The reason he is remembered as one of the founders of modern science is that he abandoned the aesthetic criterion in favor of the messier, uglier, facts.
- lutusp 14y agoGood example! It was implicit in my argument, but it deserved to be stated explicitly, so thank you.
- nacker 14y agoI'm sure you would enjoy these two Lew Rockwell interviews on the burgeoning soviet-style psychiatric regime in America: http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploads/342__Rappaport.mp3 http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploa... http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploads/343_Breggin.mp3 http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploa... Good luck with your anti-psychology campaign!