Most people think like Aristotle

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Among intelligent folk not rigorously trained in the physical science, they understand the physical world in the way that Aristotle taught in -Physics- and -On the Heavens-. Here is an essay showing the predominance of Aristotelian thinking among the scientifically untrained.

http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/~hhaertel/PUB/result_IaW.pdf

Classical physics a la Newton, Lagrange and Hamilton is highly non-intuitive although it can be visualized in large part.

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