• Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    This person seems like an ass. Science is only when you publish peer reviewed papers. Ok so you’re telling me Archimedes and Eratosthenes and al-Kwharzimi and Newton and everyone who figured shit out before the modern system of academia wasn’t doing science? This is not a defense of melon-musk, to be clear. He should have his wealth confiscated and his companies nationalized at the minimum.

    • bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      All those people sent letters to each other bragging about their shit non stop what are you on about

    • CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      I mean Newton thought alchemy was a real science. Apparently he wrote over a million words spread out over years on alchemy and conducted countless experiments, these papers were only found after his death.

      edward-wtf

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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        6 months ago

        I mean Newton thought alchemy was a real science.

        I mean, alchemy did kind of hold all the cards regarding substances and their interactions prior to the development of modern chemistry.