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[–] breakfastburrito 60 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Fun fact: he wanted to study mice breeding but the church said no because it was lewd. If he had he probably wouldn’t have figured things out since mice genetics aren’t as simple as peas.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm wondering, how come studying mice breeding was considered lewd when humans had already been breeding a variety of livestock (and selecting traits at this) for thousands of years?

[–] breakfastburrito 5 points 1 year ago

I think it was just the idea of this friar watching mice fuck seemed pornographic in a way. I don’t think maintaining mice colony was the issue, it was the sex.

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