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Raudskeggr t1_j6v1qq1 wrote

Reply to comment by Individual_Ad2579 in Discovery of embalming workshop reveals how ancient Egyptians mummified the dead by Magister_Xehanort

They didn't know about bacteria. But they did know "this stuff works better than this stuff to preserve" through many iterations of trial and error.

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STEELCITY1989 t1_j6v57ek wrote

Exactly. They knew it worked but not why in the literal sense with no paradigm of bacteria.

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Angdrambor t1_j6v82dj wrote

They did have some kind of paradigm. it may not have been as complex or complete as our modern study of microbiology, but it would have at least been isomorphic to the truth.

In much the same way, our modern understanding of microbiology will seem woefully inadequate to the people of the future.

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nzdastardly t1_j6vlyp3 wrote

"Can you believe those barbarians used SOAP AND HOT WATER instead of a biofilter in the transporter?"

  • some smug 24th century person
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ECrispy t1_j6x2i6j wrote

Or physics, biology and basically every science.

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lt_spaghetti t1_j6v8rmg wrote

I mean, at the end of the day we made rocks think and information travel through blinky glass strands, electric airwaves and copper wires.

200 000 years of human lifetime is a long time

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GammaGoose85 t1_j6v6nop wrote

Yeah theres alot of knowledge and ancient wisdom that knew the what but didn't know they why or the right why. Makes u wonder what we think we know now but don't really.

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