Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow telling us (in "The Grand Design") that Epicurus opposed atomism because he couldn't face the idea that the gods don't intervene in the world. A thread.pic.twitter.com/7bpX2fsKsP
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Note how many figures of science studied alchemy, but current scientists know better than their own geniuses... And alchemy as a discipline can be completely ignored because we know better now.