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[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I doubt that. Science and philosophy used to be considered very closely related. Many people we think of as philosophers were really both scientists and philosophers in their time.

[โ€“] Ertebolle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, an awful lot of ancient civilizations knew an awful lot about astronomy and presumably it wasn't all just dictated to them on clay tablets by Ishtar or whoever