...which reminds me of science in the medieval era where because Aristotle said something, it was assumed to be true (e.g. women have fewer teeth than men).
Although the Problemata (which contains speculations about the teeth of humans and other animals) was indeed part of the Corpus Aristotelicum, it is very doubtful that Aristotle actually wrote it. In fact, many copies of it list the author as Pseudo-Aristotle.
Fair. But I do think the larger thesis, that learning from authorities is inferior to learning through experimentation and that we’ve been profitably trending from the first to the second over the course of human history, is true.
Although the Problemata (which contains speculations about the teeth of humans and other animals) was indeed part of the Corpus Aristotelicum, it is very doubtful that Aristotle actually wrote it. In fact, many copies of it list the author as Pseudo-Aristotle.
Fair. But I do think the larger thesis, that learning from authorities is inferior to learning through experimentation and that we’ve been profitably trending from the first to the second over the course of human history, is true.