tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post1976053618962438867..comments2023-10-29T06:33:26.576-07:00Comments on Oil Is Mastery: Democritus Guesses AgainOilIsMasteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-56343742923822826272011-09-22T15:30:09.511-07:002011-09-22T15:30:09.511-07:00Correct after a fashion, but how did he know? Don&...Correct after a fashion, but how did he <i>know</i>? Don't dodge. Did he own a telescope, a space ship, a TARDIS? <br /><br />If he observed other worlds, he must have used an instrument. What was it? Additionally, where is this instrument described?<br /><br />What makes him aware, if he was, of the facts behind what he said? You claim he's simply right. I'm asking for evidence of his correctness. Not just that we observe what he said was right. <br /><br />I mean, he thought salt tasted salty because of the spikes, and that images were projected from objects as <i>eidola</i> rather than reflected light; he didn't know everything. He was wrong about tons of stuff from the shape of the earth (a drum) to the nature of sound.<br /><br />How did he know this about other worlds, if he wasn't just making a logical assertion. (Admittedly, a good one for his time.)Jeffery Keownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830696980569654768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-68336764769111147412011-09-22T08:53:51.156-07:002011-09-22T08:53:51.156-07:00Despite evolutionist mythology, Democritus had evo...Despite evolutionist mythology, Democritus had evolved a brain and eyes and hands with which to observe objects empirically.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-91461038475927718342011-09-21T13:45:55.348-07:002011-09-21T13:45:55.348-07:00So how did he know this? Was it simply that he had...So how did he know this? Was it simply that he had an imagination? Or did the planet Jupiter (God) tell him? Be specific.Jeffery Keownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830696980569654768noreply@blogger.com