https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_goose_myth
From our late scientific-era perspective it's really difficult to appreciate how badly intuitive understanding of cause and effect can let us down.
From our late scientific-era perspective it's really difficult to appreciate how badly intuitive understanding of cause and effect can let us down.
The small number of long-distance travelers and cultural contacts between the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe did result in lots of valuable learning; this particular bit of learning just took a while.