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Anon is a physicist (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

this idea seems rather tame when you compare it to a bunch of other batshit crazy ideas people were having in ancient greece, like: each time an eel smashes into a rock, a tiny piece of eel breaks off, and then that tiny piece of eel turns into an adult eel and thats how eels are born.

[–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's funny how they treated cancer:

Treatment was based on the humour theory of four bodily fluids (black and yellow bile, blood, and phlegm). According to the patient's humour, treatment consisted of diet, blood-letting, and/or laxatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cancer#Early_diagnosis

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 7 months ago

Nowadays doctors are pretty humourless.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Funilly enough, I think we still don't know how some eels mate, so maybe they were on to something