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Re:The Calculus They Won't Teach You [video] by sifar on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:39AM (#34246830)
>> Things were usually discovered in a confusing way that kind of made sense at the time, but had false starts and conceptual limitations driven by people still being in an older mindset when they were trying to discover it

To know this gives us some perspective on our own biases/limitations and not take things as gospel.

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Re:The Calculus They Won't Teach You [video] by a9h74j on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:19PM (#34252711)
> some perspective on our own biases/limitations

This is sometimes prescribed in such form as: "Fraction X of your reading should be of authors writing at least 100 years ago."

Similar: In defense of the reading of old books by C.S. Lewis ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHQDIE7CSw

"All contemporary writers [of any period] share, to some extent, the contemporary outlook."

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