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Since that axis really cannot be constructed, I think a better way to present your sentiment is the following: Is it possible that we still miss a large discov
by fn1 6y ago
Since that axis really cannot be constructed, I think a better way to present your sentiment is the following:
Is it possible that we still miss a large discovery in medicine, akin to the introduction of evidence-based treatment, hygiene, inoculations or the discovery of DNA?
- kristopolous 6y agoAbsolutely, without question. Dozens, maybe hundreds of things that big. The arrogant assumption of an infinite wisdom of the present is one of the strongest there is. Ptolemaic astronomy looked right until Galileo came along. It matched observational measurements, just with an unhelpful set of assumptions. We're Ptolemy on countless things whose Galileos haven't been born yet. It's unsettling to think we're all stupid in ways we'll never know, I know. Sorry about that.