Why Should We Know The Ideas (Even The Wrong Ones) Of The Past About Matter, Motion, And The Universe?

[taripe_allan]

3-5 sentences

[bednobs]

We should know the ideas because it's our homework. I would guess you will have covered this in your course, or at least know enough to take a guess. Is that enough sentences?

[Canary42]

We need to be aware of our fallibility, by drawing on experience of past understanding which turned out to be wrong. Learning by mistakes can be very effective. Future developments may well contradict earlier ideas, in the way nuclear physics re-valued Newton's long-established laws for example. But only by building on the past can we progress effectively (i.e. walk before you run).

[Paigntonian]

Why do people cap the first letter of sentences?

[Atheist]

They don't; AB does it (in the post title)

[bednobs]

Because putting a capital letter at the beginning of sentence is one of the "rules" of grammar that most people try to follow?

[dannyk13]

//Why do people cap the first letter of sentences?//
Bcause it is rule of grammar.

[Souldarkness]

Because knowledge mostly develops through progression, the development of ideas from previous knowledge. Studying this gives a model for learning

[Old_Geezer]

Because it's there.
And, long term, ignorance isn't bliss. It's fatal.