just saw someone saying trust in science because life expectacy in middle ages was 35. life expectancy was not 35. infant mortality lowered expectancy a good bit (not that much!) but once you got past infancy people lived for spans we'd recognize today for the most part.
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yes! we think, "scientists figured out germ theory so people invented indoor plumbing," when in fact it's more like, "people long wished for better indoor plumbing because shit smells, and managed to get it at about the same time as germ theory developed"
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This is a weirdly anti science take from people on the left. “Poop smells” is less compelling a case for change than “we’re all gonna die of germs if we don’t get sanitation.”
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I know as men you think toilets are more important than reducing maternal mortality but I’d argue against that.
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