I’d probably start by expressing frustration with the chronophone’s limitations, as it sounds like that would get through. (Done!) Then I might try telling him to convince rulers to act in ways that would benefit him personally, since figuring out what policy he wants would require empirical reasoning if he does it right. (Sadly, ‘rationalist’ people in the present do not agree about which national policies would help me, and I’ve had no apparent success convincing politicians of my own views.)
What fundamentals do we share with Archimedes?
I’d probably start by expressing frustration with the chronophone’s limitations, as it sounds like that would get through. (Done!) Then I might try telling him to convince rulers to act in ways that would benefit him personally, since figuring out what policy he wants would require empirical reasoning if he does it right. (Sadly, ‘rationalist’ people in the present do not agree about which national policies would help me, and I’ve had no apparent success convincing politicians of my own views.)