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Agree, OP is points to Thoreau, Sagan, Galileo - most people on the planet earth are not like that and those guys were heavily privileged. Doing personal fancy
by ozim 2y ago
Agree, OP is points to Thoreau, Sagan, Galileo - most people on the planet earth are not like that and those guys were heavily privileged.
Doing personal fancy research was not available before as it is now. Even though one still has to be rather privileged to have time to dig through obscure details that don’t make him money.
- BeetleB 2y ago> Agree, OP is points to Thoreau, Sagan, Galileo - most people on the planet earth are not like that and those guys were heavily privileged. Sagan was heavily privileged? I mean, yes, he was born in the US and could afford to get a Bachelor's degree, but other than that, he was not particularly privileged.