Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Grubb) writes:

> >2. It never occurred to Aristotle to do the experiment. This is in line 
> >with my assumption that the Greeks were too easily swayed by the logic 
> >of their own arguments.
> 
> This is quite possibly true. The Greeks were very sceptical of sensory
> evidence since they knew of such things as optical illusions, etc.
> Because of this, the philosophers were biased toward abstract argument
> and away from demonstrations. THey did do demonstrations, however.

Who are "the Greeks"?  This makes about as much sense as talking about
"the Italians".  (And thus lumping both Galileo and his ecclesiastical
abusers in one category!)

Thomas