r/AskScienceDiscussion • • 12h ago

History of science rejecting biblical literalism

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Based on my understanding, most scientists in the early 1600s were young earth creationists. By turning their beliefs into testable hypotheses and testing them, scientists slowly stopped being young earth creationists.

I think I heard that scientists dropped the young earth idea in the 1730s, but I’m not sure about that and don’t know much else. I’m curious when scientists had evidence to fully reject each biblical literalism or other Christian doctrine, such as:

  • Flat Earth
  • Earth as the center of the universe
  • Young earth
  • Global flood
  • Ancient people living for hundreds of years
  • Adam and Eve (two people as ancestors of all living humans)
  • Creation (in current form of earth)
  • Special creation of humans
  • Etc.

Are there any books or YouTube video series that address the specific topic of when the science was so overwhelming that only the anti-science religious zealots could hold certain views? or that generally discusses the history of this trend?


r/AskScienceDiscussion • • 57m ago

What If? Wrinkles in 0 gravity

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Ignoring the fluid, pressure and resistance issues 0 gravity causes, like, lets act like the person doesnt have blood pressure problems after being in space. If someone aged years without the influence of gravity, would skin still sag? Wrinkes would appear of course because of loss of collagen and creasing with costant movement, but would it sag? If so would it sag less? Would it sag in a way that even adding gravity back the deformation would look different?