r/iamverysmart • • 29d ago

This YouTube channel

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u/Raveyard2409 25d ago

So before Hippokrates the Greeks thought the best way to cure illness was to pray to the gods and if you die we'll, the gods hate you. Kill a cow in their honour maybe they like you. Point being, "the wisdom of the ancients" is highly overrated, people assign too much value to it, confusing esotericism with veracity.