Post #2311774
2026-01-01 21:00 UTC
One of the earliest documented cases of variolation involved a Buddhist nun (bhikkhuni) between 1022 and 1063 CE. She ground smallpox scabs into a fine powder and administered it through the nostrils of an uninfected person to promote immunity.
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@s@piefed.world 2026-01-01 21:12
Isolated moments of reason are not due to institutions of unreason. Rather, they are in spite of them.
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@pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-02 07:07
What does that have to do with religion
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-01-02 06:48
Buddism, which is an agnostic religion, does currently and historically promote science And scholar work. They might literally be the only religion to do this. With the exception of the modern TST people which are also agnostic.