TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2年前Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-squaremessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1299arrow-down1message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2年前message-square176fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2年前Add to that where people thought bugs and vermin come from. Obviously they spring fully formed for dirt and muck. Even rats come from rotting grain.
minus-squareReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2年前Sounds stupid, but not worse than tiny animals in your blood making you sick (germ theory), or basically anything from cosmology from the Big Bang to dark energy
Add to that where people thought bugs and vermin come from. Obviously they spring fully formed for dirt and muck. Even rats come from rotting grain.
Sounds stupid, but not worse than tiny animals in your blood making you sick (germ theory), or basically anything from cosmology from the Big Bang to dark energy