Comments by "" (@Capitalismrules) on "Christopher Columbus: Bad Explorer, Great Conman" video.

  1. Columbus did discover the Americas , he wasn't the first person to arrive , but he " discovered " which is from the Latin and means " to remove the cover " . It was his voyage that opened up the Americas to the world . If we want to say , incorrectly , that you need to be the first to get credit for a discovery , then bacteria discovered the Americas , since they were the first life forms to arrive ! We give Joseph Priestly credit for discovering oxygen , yet he wasn't the first to inhale it !
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  2. Bacteria discovered the Americas since they were here long before any human - discover does not mean first , it means to make known !
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  3. If simply being first defines a discovery , then bacteria discovered the Americas ! Joseph Priestly gets the credit for discovering oxygen but he wasn't the first to inhale it !
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