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Everybody thinks they're Galileo (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by yesman to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 62 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Tbf, we should still be laughing at Columbus. He didn't prove the Earth was round, we knew that already. He died believing he had "discovered" India. That and he was a racist, baby killing, monster that inflicted such barbaric actions towards the Native Americans that even members of his own crew were like "Whoa there. They might be godless savages, but this is really fucked up. What the fuck is wrong with you?"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

He wanted to prove that earth is small enough to sail around it and he that he discovered a path to "India" to his death

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To his defense, what you describe was pretty much the rule back then before the 1700, for "nobles" I mean.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He was literally arrested and imprisoned in Spain because of the fucked up shit he did in the Americas. Even the aristocrats thought he was fucked up, which is really saying something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I mean they gave him crappy broken boats to get the asshole out of Europe after he offended most of the monarchies. They essentially gave him the same survival rate as Neil Armstrong and figured it might advance their country the same way. But somehow mister pear with a nipple shaped planet came back and with resources so... Tolerated until they once again couldn't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Allegedly, and he was released after two months, which makes it seems like it was more a political ~~drama~~ move to remove him (*an Italian) from power on the new discovered lands.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Columbus was wrong. He thought the diameter of the earth was much smaller that the common estimate at the time which turned out close to the actual value.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My favorite example is that some dude predicted that cities will swim in horse shit in the future. Than cars were invented and horses in cities are a rarity. All the people you talk about got it right because you never talk about those who got it wrong #selectionbias

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

"Survivor bias" also applies here.