4 mistake that ancient scientists believe

Natural maggots born, eyes emit light . are the myths of the scientific world in human history.

Science is a human journey to discover and explain the world around. With the development of all humanity, scientists have been deciphering many mysteries of nature.

However, overturning to the past, people do not always master all. At times, we believe in misconceptions and blunders because we cannot use the knowledge of reasoning and understanding.

Here is a list of the most difficult mistakes you can't believe that they have ever appeared in history.

1. The maggots produce themselves from scavengers

Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) is one of the most famous scientists in the ancient history of mankind. He was a gifted student of Platon and a teacher of Alexander the Great. With his intellectual knowledge, he was considered one of the greatest scientists of ancient Greece.

However, besides the massive research treasure, Aristotle also left behind a serious myth: maggots are creatures that produce themselves. Through observing animal corpses, he concluded that maggots appear on their own without hatching from eggs or maggots, mother maggots.

According to ancient scientists, maggots are creatures created by Mother Nature when there is a scavenger.

From this misconception, Belgian scientist Jan Baptista van Helmont even gave a ridiculous formula involving the late 1600s rat species.

According to him, just put a dirty shirt or rags or wheat grains a few days outside, after just 21 days, a mouse will produce itself.

It took a long time for this myth to be rejected. After observing the decay process closely, experts discovered that maggots are larvae hatching from flies inside the scavenger.

The above myths were rejected only after scientists witnessed this scene

2. Human eyes emit light

In ancient times, many sages like Plato, Euclid or Ptolemy believed that: human eyes emit light. According to them, the reason we see things is because our eyes have the ability to emit energy rays that shine on everything around us.

In fact, experts today have proved the opposite. Specifically, the reason people see things is because of the light coming from the objects to the eyes. Then the nerve cells in the eye signal to the brain and give us an image of the object.

Superman is probably the only "person" who possesses the ability to emit light with his eyes

But surprisingly, this misunderstanding existed for at least 10 centuries in society. Even in the middle of the 21st century, many people still believe in this myth.

A 2002 study found that 67% of college students still believe in human eyes emitting light like superheroes.

3. Fire created by a supernatural force

People often say fire is one of the greatest discoveries of humans. The appearance of fire helps the life of the ancient people become easier and more comfortable. Thanks to fire, people gradually develop, evolve and become civilized like today.

In many cultures, people worship fire as a god

But in the first period, nobody understood where the fire was born. All we know is just rubbing the dry branches together, fire will appear.

In 1669, alchemist - Johann Joachim Becher hypothesized: fire was created by something called a "element". Accordingly, Becher believes that there exist some things that contain "elements" that can ignite when burned, and the rest are not.

People still think that fire is caused by an unidentified supernatural force.

This theory is accepted and believed by everyone for nearly 100 years. Until Joseph Priestley discovered the oxygen - the gas that sustained the fire, humans found the true source of the fire.

But in fact, that supernatural force is oxygen.

4. Women who take disabled people will give birth to disabled children

Until the 1900s, there were many people in the world who thought that a pregnant mother if she saw people with disabilities would give birth to their children. Even the doctors at that time believed this thing to be "scary".

Even ancient medical professionals believe in this myth.

The character 'Elephant' Joseph Merrick (1862 - 1890) once shared that the deformity he brought on him was the result of his mother panicking when she met a large elephant at the fair during her pregnancy.

"Elephant" Joseph Merrick - who thought that body deformities were created by his mother

Later on, when medicine developed, people found the real cause of birth defects is due to genetic genes and disease factors.