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Originally Posted by glatt
And things are different now?
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Yes, I think things are very different.
Can you imagine, for example, what it took for Copernicus
to go against "common sense", the teachings of the elders,
and power of the church, at the time.
Or Semmelweis, Snow, and Koch coming up with the germ theory of disease.
Maybe mathematics has remained the same in terms of thinking and innovation,
but the scientific method has changed the world, and our bases for "common sense".
Now, even the moderately intelligent can find ways to help explain the physical world.
Plus, the pill radically changed the influence of religion.
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