Quote (BardOfXiix @ Mar 10 2015 06:24pm)
There was a scientist named Lavoisier that was guillotined and he told an assistant to count the number of times he blinked after he was beheaded...IIRC he lasted 12 seconds.
Also fuck French royalty, I'm better than that.
Lavoisier's name came up today in a philosophy of science class
We were talking about the concept of discourse and how scientific discovery actually works. He was an example, with Priestley of course.
Are we talking about the same guy? It would be crazy if my professor failed to mention that he was beheaded.
/e yeah, same guy. My professor in this class is a bland dick...his lectures could be so much better lol. Also his spelling is terrible and he writes very small on the chalk board and doesn't have any class participation.
This post was edited by Skinned on Mar 10 2015 05:37pm