• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Science then: if you try to prove that the Earth orbits around the sun, we’ll have you tortured and killed

    Science now: 2x2 is not 6, but go off Terry

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      11 hours ago

      To be fair: there are momebts when 2x2 =6 may not be an entirely unreasonable way of looking at things. (It would mean that 2=0, which is an assumtion that both can be made and is sometimes made)

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        21 hours ago

        I mean at the time, religion and science were closely intertwined, with primarily religious scholars studying astronomy and astrology

        The idea that science and dogma are entirely separate things is a great way to turn yourself into a Richard Dawkins. Everyone has some ideology or another that will influence any research they do.