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To: Virginia-American
LVD: The scientific method (Observe/Hypothesize/Conclude) was developed by the Greeks like 2200 years ago.

VA: Really? Care to give a citation? Which Greeks? What observations/theories etc from that period still stand? All I can think of are the spherical Earth and its size

Funny, first you present a scientific theory from over 2200 years ago:

VA: Pythagoras and Archimedes knew the Earth is sphereical; Erastosthenese measured its diameter

Then you claim ignorance of any 2200 year old scientific theories.

Clearly you are trying to play the game of gotcha (but you are not doing a very good job).

As for your question of "which Greeks" - Aristotle is credited with establishing empiricism and the foundation of the scientific method.

Other Greek scientific theories:

Democritus - matter is make up of atoms

210 posted on 02/28/2004 6:32:13 AM PST by Last Visible Dog
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To: Last Visible Dog; Virginia-American
Funny, first you present a scientific theory from over 2200 years ago: (VA: Pythagoras and Archimedes knew the Earth is sphereical; Erastosthenese measured its diameter) Then you claim ignorance of any 2200 year old scientific theories.

It was a clever experiment that established the Earth was round, but it is not an example of what a scientist would call a "theory".

Other Greek scientific theories: Democritus - matter is make up of atoms

Philosophy (not science yet). Was this hypothesis tested in his day?

248 posted on 02/28/2004 11:39:09 AM PST by RightWingNilla
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