this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
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In fairness, at the time, many Europeans believed in faries and other creatures, including these guys:
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/720095/view/mythical-horned-beasts-17th-century
So, not much has changed then....
Gibson said "The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed."
The future was there with Newton, but it's still not evenly distributed 400 years later.
Touché!