• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The fact that it took eons to figure out how it worked and harness it is irrelevant. They knew it existed based on observable evidence.

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      2 days ago

      They didn’t know what it was, so my point stands.

      Humans have known the sun exists for as long as humans have been around. That doesn’t mean cro-magnan man believed in nuclear fusion.