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The physical sciences have no less "old white man conjecture" in their history.


They have but is not taught as science. Physics 101 does not study Aristotles ideas as part of physics. Not because they are wrong but because they are not scientific. They start with Galileo and Newton.


The first chemistry lecture I ever had started with something to the effect of "Chemistry emerged from alchemy, and we'll not speak of this again!"




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