(Unusually for a headline, the answer is at least a tentative yes.)

  • @PetDinosaurs
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    1 year ago

    Yes, but this was basically pre scientific.

    They just guessed and happened to get it right.

    With some exceptions, it really took until the 17th century to actually develop the scientific method.

    Edit: what a weird thing to down vote.

    • @captainlezbian
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      51 year ago

      It was natural philosophy. Yeah it’s pre science, but it’s far more in the realm of philosophy and while it could’ve been wrong it was a reasonable guess. They probably thought there were atoms of granite and air, but they came at it from the perspective that things can be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces, but there’s probably a smallest piece that can’t be broken. Beyond that reasonable estimate, they were basically wrong about all of it, including the “can’t be broken”

      • @PetDinosaurs
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        01 year ago

        Right. The point is they didn’t even try to test it.

        That took far too long for humanity to figure that out.