• rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Not arguing with that, but clearly people seem to believe you and think he discovered microbes, which he didn’t. The truth is more impressive anyways, no?

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      14 days ago

      I edited it to add a correction. I shouldn’t fib for the sake of making a more entertaining link to the posting, maybe.

      • Lizardking27@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Maybe strikethrough the first part where you credit semmelweis with the discovery. And no, a convenient lie is never better than a complicated truth. It may seem harmless to you but you’ve just created misinformation and disseminated it to the public.