▲ 301 ▼ 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? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments This question inspired by this post..
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago 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 permalink fedilink source parent
