Don't forget that the 'scientific consensus' said the earth was flat, flies spontaneously appeared out of thin air, washing yourself made you more likely to get sick, etc.
The concept that scientists are intelligent or educated has been proven to be fantasy years ago.
Don't forget that the Earth is the center of the universe. The apology for the persecution surrounding that one only came out a couple decades ago. You know, only several centuries late.
It wasn't that be was a Copernican that got Galileo in trouble it was the he tried to co-opt scriptural arguments to prove it and force the church to change doctrine.
The Jesuits were working away on heliocentrism but they kept away from religious arguments about it
Adding in my go-to's, lead was completely safe, until it wasn't; asbestos was completely safe, until it wasn't; cigarettes, cigars, and smoking were completely safe, until they weren't. It goes on forever as people in power tried to force their belief systems onto everyone else, and questioning their power was stylized as insanity and incompetence.
What an awful existence it is trying to fight against this tide of continuously brand-new-to-the-debate people.
Don't forget that the 'scientific consensus' said the earth was flat, flies spontaneously appeared out of thin air, washing yourself made you more likely to get sick, etc.
The concept that scientists are intelligent or educated has been proven to be fantasy years ago.
Don't forget that the Earth is the center of the universe. The apology for the persecution surrounding that one only came out a couple decades ago. You know, only several centuries late.
The church gets a bad rap for that one.
It wasn't that be was a Copernican that got Galileo in trouble it was the he tried to co-opt scriptural arguments to prove it and force the church to change doctrine.
The Jesuits were working away on heliocentrism but they kept away from religious arguments about it
Adding in my go-to's, lead was completely safe, until it wasn't; asbestos was completely safe, until it wasn't; cigarettes, cigars, and smoking were completely safe, until they weren't. It goes on forever as people in power tried to force their belief systems onto everyone else, and questioning their power was stylized as insanity and incompetence.
What an awful existence it is trying to fight against this tide of continuously brand-new-to-the-debate people.