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my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. can anyone point me to an actual monk who was 700 years ahead of their time please?
by oolonthegreat 5y ago
my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. can anyone point me to an actual monk who was 700 years ahead of their time please?
- computerphage 5y agoThomas Bayes? ...but you might have wait another 400 years to be sure
- kybernetikos 5y agoRoger Bacon, although probably 300 rather than 700. Bede is another contender.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThough unnamed and I won't provide links, the monks that doodled pictures of things like nuns picking penises off a tree in the margins of books might qualify. It's called marginalia if you're interested.
- lioeters 5y agoNot seven centuries ahead, but who comes to my mind is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher (1602–1680) > One of the first people to observe microbes through a microscope, Kircher was ahead of his time in proposing that the plague was caused by an infectious microorganism and in suggesting effective measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
- johnaspden 5y ago> wearing facemasks to prevent the inhalation of germs so about three hundred years ahead of the WHO, then...
- michaelsbradley 5y agoAlbertus Magnus, perhaps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus