• galanthus@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    He really did hate beans, but the “spawned from the same source” and the “experiment” seem like bs.

    • Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, the most widely shared experiment from what I can tell is:

      “Pythagoras conducted a scientific experiment demonstrating that humans and beans were spawned from the same source. He took some beans and buried them in the mud. They rested there for a few weeks before being removed and investigated by the great Greek philosopher. He concluded they looked like human fetuses.”

      But even that doesn’t actually have any decent evidence.