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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'd say he was a scientist - just not part of academia :)

We have to separate science and academia, especially when we talk about the past.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Damn right..

"This germ theory nonsense violates the academic truth of spontaneous generation and just sounds like crackpottery, now if you excuse me I need to drill into a man's skull to balance his humors." - Academia in the 1700's