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I’m not particularly interested if Columbus was a sage. He may very well have run into the Americas by mistake. I think that’s on the record.
The fact is he did find the Americas at the time he did, and it did lead to others coming along.
Think of all the things in this world discovered while someone was trying to confirm or explore a different premise or object. They still get the credit for their discoveries none the less.
I don’t think Columbus has to have been right to be credited with his discovery.
I don’t see that as a big scandal. It’s the way it often works.
“Think of all the things in this world discovered while someone was trying to confirm or explore a different premise or object.”
Or - just trying to take a bath. (Eureka!!) And I’m guessing he wasn’t the first to have his bath overflow. And Newton wasn’t the first to watch an apple fall.
However, being of 100% Norwegian ancestors, I’m pretty partial to Leif Erickson.