Last time this happened to me, more or less, I was trying to find the original source of some commonly (in the field) understood thing. After digging deeper and deeper I came out at Einstein or some similar physicist from the early 19 hundredths. That was wild and unexpected, as it was decades earlier than what I expected. The experiments they did to get us here is amazing.
it’s really impressive how smart people were back then. we completely tend to underestimate that.
in a similar vein: i think people tend to think that the medieval ages were “dark times” and the people back then were stupid. that’s very far from the case. there were significant cultural developments back then. we just completely underestimate the value of that.
I took a class on Medieval Law and it was an amazing insight on how crafty and smart the pesantry was, especially as they fought for their rights. The professor was awesome and kept emphasising how smart they were.
That’s a pretty cool attitude to have about it. What’s the situation for the last time this happened to you?
It should happen every time you do a literature review. It’s part of the process! If you already knew everything, you wouldn’t be doing research. :3
Last time this happened to me, more or less, I was trying to find the original source of some commonly (in the field) understood thing. After digging deeper and deeper I came out at Einstein or some similar physicist from the early 19 hundredths. That was wild and unexpected, as it was decades earlier than what I expected. The experiments they did to get us here is amazing.
it’s really impressive how smart people were back then. we completely tend to underestimate that.
in a similar vein: i think people tend to think that the medieval ages were “dark times” and the people back then were stupid. that’s very far from the case. there were significant cultural developments back then. we just completely underestimate the value of that.
I took a class on Medieval Law and it was an amazing insight on how crafty and smart the pesantry was, especially as they fought for their rights. The professor was awesome and kept emphasising how smart they were.