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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] givesomefucks -2 points 11 hours ago

since our modern understanding of the scientific method didn’t really exist back then,

Didn't exist when Mary Shelly did either...

That's my point, by it's very nature "the first scifi" isn't a fixed date due to scientific advancement.

Agriculture is a science, and it was a bigger deal than electricity when it was new, but we don't say every story with a plow is scifi anymore.

Hell, look at Jason and the Argonauts using bleeding edge navigation skills to travel to far off lands we couldn't imagine. The only difference is water instead of space.

This isn't a new process, we're talking about where modern humans draw a line that's been redrawn since the dawn of humanity.