Yeah interesting thought there actually. In absolute numbers I wager more people believe in mythical beings of some form today in Europe than the 1700s. But as a share of the total population it's going to be a lot lower, of course.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Is it going to be a lower percentage of the total population though? There's a lot about ye olde days that kinda gets generalised, and hand-waved. Like people's ability to read in medieval times. Sure it wasn't as prevalent as today, but reading was probably a lot more common than most people think.

As for belief in mythical beings, who knows, religious belief was a lot stronger in the 1700s, but that doesn't necessarily mean everyone believed in the fae.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gibson said "The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed."

The future was there with Newton, but it's still not evenly distributed 400 years later.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Touché!