Aristotle's Unchecked Physics

>"heavy objects fall faster than light ones" >none cares to check if this is true for 2000 years

A screenshot-style meme shows a bust of Aristotle beside two imageboard-style lines claiming that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, followed by the joke that nobody checked the claim for 2000 years. The punchline references Aristotle’s incorrect theory of falling objects and Galileo’s later challenge to it, making it a reaction to unquestioned conventional wisdom. EN: A screenshot-style meme shows a bust of Aristotle beside two imageboard-style lines claiming that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, followed by the joke that nobody checked the claim for 2000 years. The punchline references Aristotle’s incorrect theory of falling objects and Galileo’s later challenge to it, making it a reaction to unquestioned conventional wisdom.

• @eternalclassic / 47841 2024-03-14