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Ancient people were not as stupid as you think. They knew that lightning was dangerous. More to the point, they knew that fire was dangerous--ball lightning res
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
Ancient people were not as stupid as you think. They knew that lightning was dangerous. More to the point, they knew that fire was dangerous--ball lightning resembles a floating orb of sun-bright fire, and any human will instinctively avoid such a thing. Historical phenomena later believed to be ball lightning were usually described at the time as "balls of fire." https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ball_lightning https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ball_lightning
- matte_black 9y agoI don’t think Ancient people were stupid, they just didn’t have access to certain knowledge yet.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoYou're imagining that because they didn't know why something was happening, they were incapable of reacting to it in any rational way. You don't need a working theory of electricity to know that fire and lightning are dangerous.