They knew the world was round (like a ball) and savoured every bit of science they could learn from the textbooks that might filter their way out of the private academies and into their hands.
unironically i remember watching this video of bhutanese peasants doing exactly this. they wanted to talk to a guy about quantum computing when he said he was a computer scientist and were so disappointed when he knew jack shit about it
these people collected mushrooms for a living and had no internet
scientists and priests knew the world was round peasants weren't exactly formally educated on the implications of shadows indicating noon isn't always the same time
They knew the world was round (like a ball) and savoured every bit of science they could learn from the textbooks that might filter their way out of the private academies and into their hands.
unironically i remember watching this video of bhutanese peasants doing exactly this. they wanted to talk to a guy about quantum computing when he said he was a computer scientist and were so disappointed when he knew jack shit about it
these people collected mushrooms for a living and had no internet
scientists and priests knew the world was round peasants weren't exactly formally educated on the implications of shadows indicating noon isn't always the same time
Anti-peasant lies. Likely a priest's hands typed this.