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| Jul 16, 2020 at 12:03 | comment | added | Bebs | I'm not sure it would be easy to convince people about hygiene benefits... even today, with all the knowledge we have it's hard to convince people about the importance of washing hands, waste management etc. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 10:11 | comment | added | user24353 | "Taking credit for the works of Mozart and Beethoven might be unethical, but it would probably make you famous. " If you really wanted to be ethical, you could say something like "I have heard that these pieces were written by someone named Wolfgang and someone named Ludwig." | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 2:55 | comment | added | Gary Walker | I've looked at historical musical notation before. At 1000 AD it was very primitive. At best, you might have some relative pitch, Rhythm was usually totally missing. The idea for musical notation was if you knew the music, but needed a little reminder of how it went, the notation was sufficient. Modern musical notation was | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 2:19 | comment | added | Ben | The sanitation stuff is much longer term than I was thinking, and Gary Walker makes some compelling points about it. Music on the other hand is an excellent idea, especially since many STEM folks are also skilled musicians. Taking credit for the works of Mozart and Beethoven might be unethical, but it would probably make you famous. If you know anything about medieval instruments and how musical notation has changed since then, would you be interested in expanding on that? | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 1:52 | history | edited | Vincent | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2015 at 1:04 | history | answered | Henry Taylor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |