Re:Was early modern writing paper expensive? (2018]
by Bluestein on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:04AM
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From the spinning wheel, to plentiful rags, to cotton paper, to the printing press.-
> ADDED: The Romans did apparently have some knowledge of antibiotics
Fascinating. Worth looking into.-
Sometimes, all it took was one person noticing something (midwives who wash their hands post partum tend to have better outcomes, farmers near cows get less sick, or not at all ...)
... but, you raise another good point: First principles, the search for the facts. Benefits at scale come with, consistently, wanting to go from observation, to general principles, to particular application, to mass application ...
... and, maybe, it took rational thought and the scientific method to get there.-
> ADDED: The Romans did apparently have some knowledge of antibiotics
Fascinating. Worth looking into.-
Sometimes, all it took was one person noticing something (midwives who wash their hands post partum tend to have better outcomes, farmers near cows get less sick, or not at all ...)
... but, you raise another good point: First principles, the search for the facts. Benefits at scale come with, consistently, wanting to go from observation, to general principles, to particular application, to mass application ...
... and, maybe, it took rational thought and the scientific method to get there.-