• infinite_ass
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    4 hours ago

    There was this guy who spent his whole life in rural Arizona. All evidence indicated that the world is made of sand.

    Never discount errors of perspective.

    If you consider something that all scientists do then you might see a vast shared error.

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      3 hours ago

      It was evident that the world was bigger than what the guy saw, he was just not checking (lazy or insatiable or whatever) what’s further. There is the difference.

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        36 minutes ago

        This is why we put walls around our laboratories.