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STEELCITY1989 t1_j6v57ek wrote

Reply to comment by Raudskeggr in Discovery of embalming workshop reveals how ancient Egyptians mummified the dead by Magister_Xehanort

Exactly. They knew it worked but not why in the literal sense with no paradigm of bacteria.

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Angdrambor t1_j6v82dj wrote

They did have some kind of paradigm. it may not have been as complex or complete as our modern study of microbiology, but it would have at least been isomorphic to the truth.

In much the same way, our modern understanding of microbiology will seem woefully inadequate to the people of the future.

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nzdastardly t1_j6vlyp3 wrote

"Can you believe those barbarians used SOAP AND HOT WATER instead of a biofilter in the transporter?"

  • some smug 24th century person
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ECrispy t1_j6x2i6j wrote

Or physics, biology and basically every science.

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