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It is my impression that the general principle is still considered valid
(and in perfect accordance with observational evidence). The one point of
critique would be a fundamental misunderstanding of how sucking works.
(Namely, not an active effort by a vacuum, a vacuum cleaner, a straw drinker,
..., but a passive lack of counter-pressure.)
While the interpretation may be less literal today than in ancient Greece,
it is still, IMO, a valid principle.
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