It blows my mind that the ancient Greek philosophers like Leucippus, Democritus and Epicurus were able to work out a nascent form of the atomic theory of matter. With none of the tools of modern science, using only their intellect and powers of deductive reasoning, they worked out that reality must be composed of indissoluble elements that they called atoms.
Epicurus theorized that, because the atoms that comprise reality are strewn throughout the universe, it's reasonable to assume there may be "an infinite number of worlds." It's uncanny how ancient philosophers, using only logic and deep, communal engagement with the nature of reality, managed to get at realities now confirmed by modern science.
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