[Avodah] psak and rationality

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RJR 
> does it corellate with the hashkafa that chazal knew all of science etc.? 
> Joel Rich
 
AIUI 
I would rephrase that to mean 
 
Hazal had access to advanced science 
But they were not scientifically omniscient 
 
I have no reason to believe that there were zero gaps in their knowledge.
 
Just at times they knew about advanced conecpts, too .
They might have know that their is such a thing as a radio, or space
travel, or powerful bombs, w/o knowing the specifics of how to engineer
them.
 
KT 
RRW 
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