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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So, not much has changed then....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago
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