@flannan You may not accept it but the old times were that uptight on things otherwise we should have progressed long ago. Its true that the Renaissance was the start of our progress unto science but in those days, it was really looked down upon.
As ive said before, do not view the old times w/ the ways we have today, it just doesnt apply. Altho taboo on new things is not universal as there r still ppl welcoming to change but they are so few its not making any diff. And if the masses found out, its either drived out or the gallows.
And even if it was a bad year, they may try doing things out of the ordinary but once things go peaceful, they mostly revert back for fear of being persecuted. I remember my gramps was like that. For instance, he have a lawn mover. But he doesnt use it and just prefers shears. Once he hurt his back due to too much time spent on sitting to cut grass so my dad had teached him to use the mower instead. He finished faster and he was happy. But the next time he cut grass he went back to shears. Why? Because its what he got used to. We tried asking him to use the mower but he was so stern. Conservative ppl are hard to introduce to newer ways. A
concrete evidence of why progress was so slow all the years the humans have existed. It was during the Age of Industrialization that people are starting to accept new ideas but that was just European Powers, US and Japan. The rest of the world remained as conservatives.
