in thread "Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions by Eliezer Yudkowsky": This is an obviously retarded accusation to lodge against Lord Kelvin and Henri Bergson. The term elan vital was coined by Bergson (decades after Wöhler’s synthesis of urea) to indicate the creative impetus of man, i.e. the exact attitude Yud is claimin... 8mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.9 4.9 This is an obviously (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.9 4.9