“Aristotle was [inaudible]”

- L. Susskind Classical Mechanics in Stanford, lecture 2

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I don't that there is such things as fields and derivatives in Aristotel's world becouse Aristotle's spacetime is esentially discrete and finite.

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LS gives an example of a non-reversible law of motion based on A's belief that force causes motion that ceases when the force ceases, i.e. F=mv.
He says "Aristotle didn't call it Force because he was [inaudible]".
"How do say force in Greek by the way?" Audience:"DI-NA-MIS". Susskind "I don't understand, I'll call it F anyway".

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Fan fact:If there is a single particle in 1d space, then according to Aristotle it should be a prime mover, and it's velocity is zero.

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wtf is a prime mover?

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thanks
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aristotel fag, but he was right that fuck reversibility

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