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minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-26 months agoI’d say he was a scientist - just not part of academia :) We have to separate science and academia, especially when we talk about the past.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoDamn right… “This germ theory nonsense violates the academic truth of spontaneous generation and just sounds like crackpottery, now if you excuse me I need to drill into a man’s skull to balance his humors.” - Academia in the 1700’s
I’d say he was a scientist - just not part of academia :)
We have to separate science and academia, especially when we talk about the past.
Damn right…
“This germ theory nonsense violates the academic truth of spontaneous generation and just sounds like crackpottery, now if you excuse me I need to drill into a man’s skull to balance his humors.” - Academia in the 1700’s