TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago1.1 Historylemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYou are missing the point. The creation myths were considered complete. Nothing left to be known.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoWell yes, people who believe things that aren’t true won’t admit that they don’t know anything. I’m not sure why that’s relevant though.
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoI think their actual point was that incomplete explanations are nonetheless explanations. Still wrong though.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou stated “this has been always true” to the statement that we have understanding that things are really complex and difficult to figure out. The answer to you was an example that there were times where we did not have such understanding.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago… Not the exact same things throughout human history.
You are missing the point. The creation myths were considered complete. Nothing left to be known.
Well yes, people who believe things that aren’t true won’t admit that they don’t know anything. I’m not sure why that’s relevant though.
I think their actual point was that incomplete explanations are nonetheless explanations. Still wrong though.
You stated “this has been always true” to the statement that we have understanding that things are really complex and difficult to figure out. The answer to you was an example that there were times where we did not have such understanding.
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Not the exact same things throughout human history.