... once "proven" facts. Since the new view was that ancient knowledge could be wrong, scientists began wanting proof, physical proof of things, not just a logical view of the world. Take Francesco Redi's experiment with meat, it was thought that flies originate from decaying meat since they are always seen hovering around it, Redi did not believe that spontaneous generation could happen ... ...

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... became suspicious, they started to question if it was possible, could spontaneous generation truly occur? These scientist tried different experiments to answer their questionable thoughts. Among those was a man named Francesco Redi, In 1668 he formulated an experiment to test his theory that it was not possible for living things to arise from nothing. Redi believed that flies could only come ... ...

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