Theodorus the Atheist

Plot of shear rate as a function of the shear stress. Dilatants in green.

01Tilikum was responsible for three human deaths: Keltie Byrne (1991), Daniel Dukes (1999), and Dawn Brancheau (2010).
02Despite the deaths, SeaWorld continued using Tilikum for breeding; he sired 21 calves, propagating his genes through the captive population.
03He was captured at age two, separated from his mother, and held in a concrete pool — trainers noted severe psychological deterioration over decades.

The skull of Cacareco at São Paulo Zoo

Chapel interior

Theodorus denied the gods existed — out loud, in Athens — before Epicurus made it fashionable, before Lucretius made it poetic. He was exiled for it at least twice and kept saying it anyway.