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How come people were able to figure out complex mathematics thousands of years before figuring out basic ways of figuring out the world around them?
Before the scientific revolution natural philosophy was little better than guessing.
Mathematics was invented.
>>1255908
the scientific revolution was more than just the Scientific Method, it was also about Instruments. Telescopes, microscopes, weights and scales, thermo-meters and sorts of other meters. Technology played a big part in the forming of "Scientific Thought". Science itself should be thought of as a technology, just like Writing or Mathematics.
>>1255939
Even then you could try testing the bullshit that was thought for thousands of years.
Doctors for example would as often harm you as much if not more than help.
You could have tested methods to see the chances of death.
>>1255957
People weren't very logical
>>1256199
People generally still aren't.
It's just that there are a minority of people who do who invent and fix everything for the rest of people.
