Why was there so much disagreements among the ancient greeks about the nature of the atoms?

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Giana Branch

27 December, 20:45

Why was there so much disagreements among the ancient greeks about the nature of the atoms?

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Margaret Gibbs · Answer 1

It is because in that time science was not established. This is, the experimentation to test hypotheses, which is a fundamental part of the scientific method, was not applied.

Atoms can not be seen, then they could only reflect or philosophize on this matter. This method is not able to give good answers to so complicated scientific matters.