People were NOT dumber in the past. This is very obviously the case if you take time to read old books. A lot of the supposedly dumb things that people believ

People were NOT dumber in the past. This is very obviously the case if you take time to read old books. A lot of the supposedly dumb things that people believed in the past were actually quite well supported and derived theories with the information they could get at the time. Of course there were a lot of people who believed dumb things on blind faith, but this is just as true today as it was then.