Aristotle

[AV1611VET]

Did Aristotle discover that air has no mass?

 

[quatona]

No, Aristotle was the guy who ex nihilo created an apple into my hand.

 

[AV1611VET]

No, Aristotle was the guy who ex nihilo created an apple into my hand.

You're just a tad behind the times, quatona.

I've retired my Apple Challenge in favor of a more updated version that you guys won't answer: 1 .

 

[Thistlethorn]

Did Aristotle discover that air has no mass?

No.

 

[quatona]

You're just a tad behind the times, quatona.

I've retired my Apple Challenge in favor of a more updated version that you guys won't answer: 1 .

It´s not any different, structurally. It´s been answered.

 

[AV1611VET]

Did Aristotle discover that air has no mass?

No.

Then who did?

 

[Thistlethorn]

Then who did?

No one. Air has mass.

 

[AV1611VET]

No one. Air has mass.

But didn't Aristotle teach massless air as science?

 

[VirOptimus]

But didn't Aristotle teach massless air as science?

Aristotele was not a scientist and didnt teach what we today would call science.

 

[godsmission]

But didn't Aristotle teach massless air as science?

Harry Stottle was mistaken, it happened a lot thousands of years ago, you should know that, you have a whole book full of mistakes and silly ideas.

 

[AV1611VET]

Aristotele was not a scientist and didnt teach what we today would call science.

Are you sure?

Imagine you are living at the time of Aristotle. According to him (and the science of that time) air has no mass or pressure.(since air goes to infinity!!, any mass or pressure would crush everything!!) The wind, heat, cold, birds' ability to fly, and sound were all explained by levitation force, heat force, etc., which were all inaccurate. At that time, two suction cups pressed together would have been said to hold tight because of the "mysterious forces of vacuum!!," not the external pressure of atmosphere! We all know now how wrong Aristotle was.

SOURCE

 

[Alunyel]

Aristotele was not a scientist and didnt teach what we today would call science.

Don't worry, it's just one of Av's lame attempts to discredit science.

 

[AV1611VET]

Harry Stottle was mistaken...

Just he --- or were his peers mistaken also, and he is the scapegoat?

 

[VirOptimus]

Are you sure?

Yes I'm sure. You will note that I said today in my post.

Words and concepts change over time as I'm sure you know. Semantic games is not something that can either prove or disprove science or the scientific method.

 

[AV1611VET]

Yes I'm sure. You will note that I said today in my post.

What does 'today' have to do with this thread?

I'm trying to reconstruct the past here.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Actually, Airistittle, believed god lived inside one molecule of air, right?

 

[godsmission]

Yes I'm sure. You will note that I said today in my post.

Words and concepts change over time as I'm sure you know. Semantic games is not something that can either prove or disprove science or the scientific method.

AV's life is nothing but semantics.

 

[Alunyel]

What does 'today' have to do with this thread?

I'm trying to reconstruct the past here.

No you're not.

You're trying to discredit science.

You couldn't give two smegs about the actual past, because the only past you care about is the fictional one in Genesis.

 

[VirOptimus]

What does 'today' have to do with this thread?

I'm trying to reconstruct the past here.

But you cannot reconstruct the past with words and concepts meaning something different now as to what they meant then.

 

[Thistlethorn]

I'd say this thread is an excellent example of the difference between belief and knowledge.