sprkwtrd t1_iuff39u wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:27 PM Reply to TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05 Duns Scotus ran afoul of church doctrine hundreds of years ago and people are still making up shit about him. Permalink 3
sprkwtrd t1_iuff39u wrote
Reply to TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05
Duns Scotus ran afoul of church doctrine hundreds of years ago and people are still making up shit about him.