True...but a lot of them turned out to be pretty good. Look at some of the herbal preparations that we now call pharmaceuticals because they are now produced in labs rather than in the wisewoman's mortar and pestle.
That could be as well. Maybe saw a komodo, then saw the head of a t-rex fossil or something like that and thought the komodo was a baby. -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 3:14 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FW: Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report And a lot of the recommended remedies could kill. For instance a common remedy in Roman times involved a lot of mercury and other heavy metals. As for the legends, I would also suspect traveler's tales that grew in the telling. Some trader came to Madagascar, saw a komodo dragon, and brought home a story of a huge lizard. After the fifth or tenth or 100th transmission of the tale, the animal grew in size and ferocity. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > They also had an amazing knowledge of herbs and their medicinal uses...some > of which we are just now rediscovering. The difference between that and > something like evolution or the big bang is that you are delving into > theoretical science where you don't always have complete physical evidence. > In their case, they didn't know what fossils really were, so they didn't put > it together that there were other creatures that came before them. Legends > of dragons and other fantasy critters probably arose out of ancient man > finding a dinosaur fossil. So while they may have excelled in sciences that > they were able to reproduce and physically see and experience, anything that > wasn't apparent, they may not have had a grasp on. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 1:34 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: FW: Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I personally never saw the conflict. Ancient man didn't know what we know >> about biology and other sciences. > > > But they could build pyramids and track stars with amazing levels of > accuracy, and yet, we still don't know how they did it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
