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When was this - are we saying that high school science teachers were aware of a fact that was not acknowledged by historians and anthropologists? Quite interest
by b800h 1y ago
When was this - are we saying that high school science teachers were aware of a fact that was not acknowledged by historians and anthropologists? Quite interesting!
- jvanderbot 1y agoYou might be entertained to learn that this happens _all the time_. The spearpoint of application is often a _long way_ from the theory. So much so that they can miss obvious things. https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9602/rediscovery-of-calculus-in-1994-what-should-have-happened-to-that-paper https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9602/rediscover... (Dont' skip the comments) Sometimes to hilarious results: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7677819/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7677819/
- dismalaf 1y agoIt's not uncommon for experts in one domain to be completely clueless in other domains...