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Because people couldn't think before Aristotle? Formalizing something is very different than 'giving it to humanity'.

• taylorscollon 12y ago
  Gravity exerted force before Newton formalized its effect. I think Newton's contribution was still valuable.
  • hueving 12y ago
    Right, but we didn't pretend like there wasn't something that brought you back down when you jumped until newton's work.