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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Of course.
It's the whole "history is written by the victors" thing.
Just like the fact that the Gallic people weren't AT ALL barbaric, they had more sophisticated mathematics and calendars than the Romans. They also had enough gold to pay off Caesar's debts and enough status to make him a conquering hero. So the Romans conquer them, wipe out their greatest works, and then record them in history as bloodthirsty barbarians.
The US scientific community and the US government don't want to acknowledge pre-Columbian voyagers. If Columbus didn't discover America, the Spanish didn't own the Louisiana Territory. If the Louisiana Territory wasn't owned by Spain, they couldn't legally sell it to the US.
You should read up on the suicide of Merriweather Lewis.
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Science, or history? I guess I don't understand why scientists would give a **** about any of that.