alt Hacker NewsYes, they could see chemical reactions happening around them all the time, they just didn't understand what what they were looking at.
Yes, they could see chemical reactions happening around them all the time, they just didn't understand what what they were looking at.
If you believe something and there's no evidence to the contrary that's understandable. The majority were wrong but they had no reason to think otherwise. They also lacked the formal science, like the scientific method (widespread) to properly investigate.
A person from the 1200s is not stupid for believing everything was made from four elements but a person from 2025 would be.