What did Isaac Newton discover? Gravity, light and calculus
Newton found that one law of gravity holds the apple and the Moon, that white light is a mix of colours, and calculus. Here is each discovery, with dates and his own words.
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Was King Arthur real? What the earliest sources actually say
No writer from Arthur's own time names him. Here are the main early sources side by side, what each one really says, and the honest case for and against a real Arthur.
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How to make your business show up in ChatGPT
Let ChatGPT's search crawler in, answer your buyers' questions in plain text and keep your facts consistent. A sourced checklist, with no promises.
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AI worldbuilding: how to build a world with an AI character
Build a world through a character, keep a short list of facts that never change, and grow it one place at a time. A practical method for AI worldbuilding.
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How to create an AI character: a step-by-step guide
Start with one clear sentence. We walk through building a character on Eternal Gardens, then show how to make it round, honest and worth talking to.
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Sherlock Holmes deduction: how his reasoning really works
Holmes called it the science of deduction, but most of his famous inferences are abductions. Here is the difference, in his own words from the stories.
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Sun Wukong in Journey to the West: the Monkey King's story, chapter by chapter
The Monkey King's whole story, from a stone egg to a Buddha, with the chapter for each scene, his seven names, his real powers and why he wears the golden headband.
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Zhuangzi's butterfly dream: what it means, line by line
Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly and woke unsure which was the dreamer. Here is the full passage, where it sits in the book, and the main ways to read it.
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Confucius quotes on education: 16 real passages, with sources
Sixteen real passages on learning and teaching from the Analects, each with its number, and three famous 'Confucius quotes' that turn out to be someone else's.
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Aristotle's virtues list: every virtue, its two vices, and the golden mean
Every virtue on Aristotle's list sits between two vices. Here is the full table from the Nicomachean Ethics, and why the golden mean is not the same as moderation.
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Leonardo da Vinci's inventions: what he designed, and what was built
Leonardo designed a flying machine, a parachute, an armoured vehicle and a 280-metre bridge. Here is where each is drawn, and which ones anyone actually built.
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Ada Lovelace's first program: what Note G actually computed
Ada Lovelace's 'first program' is a 25-step table that works out a Bernoulli number. Here is how it runs, where the bug is, and why her credit is still argued over.
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Tesla vs Edison: AC vs DC and the war of the currents
Tesla vs Edison was a fight over how to send electricity. Here is how AC beat DC between 1882 and 1896, and which famous stories about the two rivals are myths.
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