Thought experiment: What if YOU gave Aristotle a tutorial?
Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by MichaelAristotle is acknowledged as being one of the greatest thinkers in Western history. The questions is: could YOU teach Aristotle a thing or two? And the answer is, of course, yes you could!
Oxford Professor Richard Dawkins makes the point that because you have “the privilege of living after Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Watson, Crick and their colleagues that you could give Aristotle a tutorial and you could thrill him to the core of his being“.
So, here’s a thought experiment and post your reply below: in less than 100 words, if you could go back in time and give the great Aristotle a tutorial from your current perspective of 2008, what would you reveal to him that would be a real knockout for old Ari?
April 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I would tell “old Ari” about all the advances in quantum theory and quantum physics made in the last century, the quantum leaps in our understanding of the fundamental basis of reality, the fabric of the universe and the functioning of space and time.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Feel your feelings, mate. Emotions are not bad, they are good for you. Release release release
February 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
a laptop connected to www its never stopped amazeing me im sure
ari would figure it out,then be amazed aswell.
February 4th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Just the microscope alone would keep Aristotle shocked!As diligent as he was in the natural sciences he would be shocked about the advances.Of all the Greek philosophers,I think he would be the most adaptive to current knowledge.His observations of natural process,despite some of the conclusions he reached,was a foundation of the scientific method.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Hi Aristotle, thoughts are energy and its proven to be so on quantum physics. What’s quantum physics you ask? Well, its a new science that basis our life on probabilities and those probabilties become matter when we focus our thoughts on them.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Although things are pretty wild right now, and most of the people are telling you to be afraid. The truth is that events are bound to bring more changes than we like. We may watch some of our peers lose their jobs, lives, friends, loved ones, homes, while others watch helplessly as they too are slowly slipping away & some stay at home hiding from all the chaos & wait for the sun to come out. Things will get better, & we will get through this just as we have in the past. The strong will survive and they will become much tougher than they were in the past.
Aristotle needs to know what happened to this planet in the last 100 years of its life. A short document/film won’t be a bad idea. Then ‘beam’ him to 2008 to experience it !