TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year 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-squaremessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1307file-text
arrow-up1307message-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@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square139fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWasn’t that rather a reference to the normal / gaussian distribution, that describes many phenomena so well?
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.