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epOMD TIL That one man, William Whewell, coined the words “scientist”, “physicist”, “linguistics”, “electrode”, “ion”, “anode”, and “cathode” among others
BgQoe TIL that the epistemological views of last head of Plato’s Academy Philo of Larissa are remarkably close to modern epistemology. He believed that even the most perfectly rational evidence and facts are compatible with massive errors and beliefs should be based on the available facts and evidence.
d8nJZ TIL that every time an interaction occurs on a quantum level, the universe splits in two. It's called Schrodinger's Law.