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[-] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 11 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 36 points 11 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 2 points 11 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.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Knitting is religious?

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