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Yes, that's also what caught my attention. I landed on this article by way of reading about barnacles, and that the Barnacle Goose is named as such because it w
by gyomu 1y ago
Yes, that's also what caught my attention. I landed on this article by way of reading about barnacles, and that the Barnacle Goose is named as such because it was thought it was born from barnacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_goose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_goose
Maybe it's hard for us to realize how filled with superstition the world used to be; and how so little was understood and in such minuscule proportions compared to today, such that most anything could appear plausible under the right circumstances.
- akk0 1y agoThe false hypotheses of the past become the superstitions of the future. I can see how "birds hatch from barnacles" and "birds travel thousands of kilometers twice a year" mightve once sounded equally plausible, especially given that you can't exactly follow a migrating bird very far.
- ecocentrik 1y agoHow many false hypotheses today will seem like equally ridiculous superstitions to people in the future? I'm sure we can all think of a few popular beliefs that already fail under modest scrutiny.
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- jacquesm 1y agoOn the contrary, you'd be surprised to learn how filled the world with superstition still is today.
- idkfasayer 1y ago[dead]
- globular-toast 1y agoUsed to be? People are always superstitious about things they don't understand. See the global economy and LLMs, for example.