• @Allero
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    1 month ago

    I’d say he was a scientist - just not part of academia :)

    We have to separate science and academia, especially when we talk about the past.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      21 month ago

      Damn right…

      “This germ theory nonsense violates the academic truth of spontaneous generation and just sounds like crackpottery, now if you excuse me I need to drill into a man’s skull to balance his humors.” - Academia in the 1700’s