• frezik@midwest.social
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      Let’s cut him some slack. He was arguing against a physics system that thought heavier things sank because they have more earth element in them.

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          I mean, scientifically speaking, we haven’t proven that on rare cases vermin CAN spawn, ex nihilo, from piles of filth. Maybe we’ve just been yet to document an example of this rare phenomena!

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      Do we know that?

      I mean, wasn’t that Einstein guy that said that if it’s true, we will never truly know it?