Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Question: Did you learn about so-called “simple machines” (lever, wheel-axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw is one popular set) in school? Did your teacher critique the model or offer alternatives to it? (for context, from a modern engineering perspective, this is basically a bullshit theory of machines on par with 5 elements, 4 humors etc)
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
Yeah I remember these in hs physics and no alternative
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