The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method

Jun 19, 2026 · 1h 0m

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<p>It&rsquo;s easy to think of people in the distant past as kinda dumb for believing things like that mice could spontaneously generate from old grain. But if you look a little deeper, you&rsquo;ll find there was a sensibility to the odd beliefs that came before science.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>