52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAn Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblicalwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down114cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkAn Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblicalwww.smithsonianmag.com52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoThe bible, weirdly, doesn’t want people planting two crops in the same field. Like, is there ANYTHING it gets right?
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoAs a desert based society, some of the stuff it tells you not to eat indeed is probably a good idea. Circumcision also serves a purpose in such a society. Like I’d argue those don’t make sense NOW, but back then it was reasonable advice.
The bible, weirdly, doesn’t want people planting two crops in the same field.
Like, is there ANYTHING it gets right?
As a desert based society, some of the stuff it tells you not to eat indeed is probably a good idea. Circumcision also serves a purpose in such a society.
Like I’d argue those don’t make sense NOW, but back then it was reasonable advice.