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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by nitwit005 on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:35AM (#20028269)
Remember that, without understanding the chemistry, running an experiment was difficult. Aside from the expense, I doubt people would be enthused about doing trials of alternative foods when people would get scurvy if the food turned out not to work as well.
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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:50AM (#20028842)
> without understanding the chemistry, running an experiment was difficult

Also, without the scientific method, the concept of an experiment could look to an outsider like recklessness (or buffoonery).

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