23/ History as written by the West.
Naturally nothing happened in Africa where humans came from and some mildly interesting things happened in Asia.
History is written and rewritten by the victors and is surprisingly not unlike what happened! 😀
Naturally nothing happened in Africa where humans came from and some mildly interesting things happened in Asia.
History is written and rewritten by the victors and is surprisingly not unlike what happened! 😀
24/ Wise old men circa weren’t that old or for that matter wise about the external world.
They often made up cockamamie theories unsupported by reality.
They often made up cockamamie theories unsupported by reality.
25/ 12th century Jewish philosopher on food.
The wisest humans of the 12th century peddled bull**** because they sincerely thought it was their deepest wisdom crystallized into gems!
High school graduates know better now.
Be careful what you learn from history.
The wisest humans of the 12th century peddled bull**** because they sincerely thought it was their deepest wisdom crystallized into gems!
High school graduates know better now.
Be careful what you learn from history.
26/ This gorgeous reference book on the human body by @theAliceRoberts is distinguished by high information density, lucid language and precise descriptions.
The color illustrations are amazing, supported by scanned images.
The wisest humans circa 1500 knew so little of this!
The color illustrations are amazing, supported by scanned images.
The wisest humans circa 1500 knew so little of this!
27/ Natural disasters often caught the wisest sages of the ages with their pants down.
People looked up to them on what to make of them. Hard to admit ignorance. So they said that the Gods were angry. Then spewed fantastic bulls***.
Watch Krakatoa!
People looked up to them on what to make of them. Hard to admit ignorance. So they said that the Gods were angry. Then spewed fantastic bulls***.
Watch Krakatoa!
28/ Swami S accepts all of science. Defines consciousness as beyond science. Claims without evidence this is supported by our experience. Authors of theories knew way less than high school graduates today.
Clever.
Not testable.
Not refutable.
Specious.
Clever.
Not testable.
Not refutable.
Specious.
29/ All of science used to be all very soft in our dark past before ~1500AD.
Soft sciences are proto sciences, the startups of sciences.
They provide the most fertile ground to make dramatic seminal contributions!
Soft sciences are proto sciences, the startups of sciences.
They provide the most fertile ground to make dramatic seminal contributions!
30/ As recently as 1500 A.D, we were still debating cockamamie theories about the “heavens”.
Just how far have we come lately!
Watch this detective story!
Ah the stories that teeny tiny micro-meteorites tell.
In awe of @NASA wizardry!
theverge.com/2019/8/6/20754…
Just how far have we come lately!
Watch this detective story!
Ah the stories that teeny tiny micro-meteorites tell.
In awe of @NASA wizardry!
theverge.com/2019/8/6/20754…
31/ Only in the 20th century we started to understand something that half of humanity has always experienced every month.
Be careful what you learn from history.
The wisest humans prior to 1500 knew less than high school graduates today.
allthatsinteresting.com/menstruation-h…
Be careful what you learn from history.
The wisest humans prior to 1500 knew less than high school graduates today.
allthatsinteresting.com/menstruation-h…
32/ Amazing increase in prosperity since ~1500.
Our knowledge has been exploding since then with no end in sight.
The wisest humans circa 1500 knew less than high school graduates today.
Our knowledge has been exploding since then with no end in sight.
The wisest humans circa 1500 knew less than high school graduates today.
33/ Abrakadabra!
See what the wisest humans did before science!
Be very careful what you learn from history.
The wisest humans before 1500AD knew less than high school graduates today about the world.
As for our mind, we hardly know better however.
gizmodo.com/the-fascinatin…
See what the wisest humans did before science!
Be very careful what you learn from history.
The wisest humans before 1500AD knew less than high school graduates today about the world.
As for our mind, we hardly know better however.
gizmodo.com/the-fascinatin…
34/ Ah, the breathtaking reality.
Watch the video!
The sages of the ages did not understand this video.
FWIW, our understanding of the 3 lb universe is not that much ahead of the sages of the ages.
Watch the video!
The sages of the ages did not understand this video.
FWIW, our understanding of the 3 lb universe is not that much ahead of the sages of the ages.
35/ Fascinating prevention for Wuhan Coronavirus.
Viruses must be a great source of placebo cures since the body handles most viruses just fine.
The sages of the ages likely peddled placebo cures that magically cured all viral infections and amazed their followers!
Viruses must be a great source of placebo cures since the body handles most viruses just fine.
The sages of the ages likely peddled placebo cures that magically cured all viral infections and amazed their followers!
