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How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...

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buttonhooks, steam-run horseless carriages, corsets, steamships, gaslight streetlights, wax candles..... these things were considered the 'latest' in "modern conveniences" during the victorian era.. the victorian era also ushered in some exciting new scientific discoveries and inventions - uranium, x-rays, electric telegraphs, bicycles, and a good part of the industrial revolution.. of course, nowadays we wouldn't dream of using buttonhooks to 'button up' our shoes, nor would we even consider having a steam-powered "horseless carriage" in our garage.. we wouldn't allow a dentist to work on us using 19th-century tools or techniques, nor would we trust a psychologist who insisted on using "phrenology" to determine why we have mood swings or depressions....

ziddina

That's interesting, New Chapter!!

I'm somewhat familiar with the state of paleontology during the Victorian era, but I don't know much about the state of anthropology at that time...

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How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...

by ziddina in

buttonhooks, steam-run horseless carriages, corsets, steamships, gaslight streetlights, wax candles..... these things were considered the 'latest' in "modern conveniences" during the victorian era.. the victorian era also ushered in some exciting new scientific discoveries and inventions - uranium, x-rays, electric telegraphs, bicycles, and a good part of the industrial revolution.. of course, nowadays we wouldn't dream of using buttonhooks to 'button up' our shoes, nor would we even consider having a steam-powered "horseless carriage" in our garage.. we wouldn't allow a dentist to work on us using 19th-century tools or techniques, nor would we trust a psychologist who insisted on using "phrenology" to determine why we have mood swings or depressions....

ziddina

In the Victorian era fossil hunters - fledgling paleontologists - would even occasionally use DYNAMITE to excavate their finds...

At first, the fossil hunters had a great deal of difficulty identifying specific animals. Nowadays, with paleontologists working all over the globe, and quick internet communication PLUS a vast stock of specimens to compare new finds to, paleontologists have become much more accomplished at identifying fossil remains.

Unfortunately, the Victorian fossil hunters - and I refer to them as 'fossil hunters', not paleontologists, for they hadn't even begun to reach the level of scientific achievement that paleontologists have accomplished, today - were often unable to identify the bones that they found.

At that time, the ONLY accurate way to identify a skeleton was if they somehow succeeded in finding an intact skeleton - which is a rather rare occurence, even in today's paleontology.

Add to that the burden of having to deal with a still-active belief in the literal reality of a 'noaic flood', and the fact that the fossil hunters had NO modern animals that were recognizably related to their discoveries - well, it's a tribute to the hard work and dedication of a few scientifically-minded fossil hunters that they were able to idenify certain species at all!

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How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...

by ziddina in

buttonhooks, steam-run horseless carriages, corsets, steamships, gaslight streetlights, wax candles..... these things were considered the 'latest' in "modern conveniences" during the victorian era.. the victorian era also ushered in some exciting new scientific discoveries and inventions - uranium, x-rays, electric telegraphs, bicycles, and a good part of the industrial revolution.. of course, nowadays we wouldn't dream of using buttonhooks to 'button up' our shoes, nor would we even consider having a steam-powered "horseless carriage" in our garage.. we wouldn't allow a dentist to work on us using 19th-century tools or techniques, nor would we trust a psychologist who insisted on using "phrenology" to determine why we have mood swings or depressions....

ziddina

Buttonhooks, steam-run horseless carriages, corsets, steamships, gaslight streetlights, wax candles....

These things were considered the 'latest' in "modern conveniences" during the Victorian era.

The Victorian era also ushered in some exciting new scientific discoveries and inventions - uranium, x-rays, electric telegraphs, bicycles, and a good part of the Industrial Revolution.

Of course, nowadays we wouldn't DREAM of using buttonhooks to 'button up' our shoes, nor would we even consider having a steam-powered "horseless carriage" in our garage.

We wouldn't allow a dentist to work on us using 19th-century tools or techniques, nor would we trust a psychologist who insisted on using "phrenology" to determine why we have mood swings or depressions...

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