To have radical ideas, you need to think in an unconventional way. For instance, Isaac Newton spent time on both physics and alchemy. Both ideas probably seemed equally stupid to most people at the time. They were wrong, Newton was right.
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If Newton spent time on both, this presumably meant that he thought both were equally non-stupid, making him just as wrong as everyone else. (And didn’t he spend more time on alchemy than physics, too?)
If Newton spent time on both, this presumably meant that he thought both were equally non-stupid
No. Playing sports and learning rocket science does not mean you think both are equally ‘smart’. After all, if I play ping pong once, and spend years studying, the difference in time spent does mean something.
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If Newton spent time on both, this presumably meant that he thought both were equally non-stupid, making him just as wrong as everyone else. (And didn’t he spend more time on alchemy than physics, too?)
I’d say that Newton was somewhat less wrong, given that his beliefs led to a productive outcome while their beliefs didn’t.
Nicely put.
No. Playing sports and learning rocket science does not mean you think both are equally ‘smart’. After all, if I play ping pong once, and spend years studying, the difference in time spent does mean something.