@TheLadyAugust to Ask Lemmy • 9 months agoAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-square181arrow-up1314arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?@TheLadyAugust to Ask Lemmy • 9 months agomessage-square181file-text
minus-square@BeatTakeshilink5•9 months agoWasn’t that rather a reference to the normal / gaussian distribution, that describes many phenomena so well?
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoI always thought the phrase was Aristotlean but it seems the internet asserts recent or unknown origins.
Wasn’t that rather a reference to the normal / gaussian distribution, that describes many phenomena so well?
I always thought the phrase was Aristotlean but it seems the internet asserts recent or unknown origins.