• Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    There’s not a scientific consensus on that. It’s a good theory, but stating it as an accepted fact is inaccurate.

    • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      “It’s been solved basically

      Almost always translates to “This is the theory I like most so it’s the answer I’ll run with.”

    • friendofafriendofafriend@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I feel like the point isn’t that it MUST have been used for knitting (even if it could have been), but that we should be open to more possibilities before defaulting to a religious explanation.