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It’s time for a different point of view.
Chazal never knew more than the science of their times. Not in the time of the Beis Hamikdosh, nor the Tannaim, Amoraim, Rishonim,nor any time before or after.
Neither Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, nor Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, nor Rashi,the Chofetz Chaim nor anyone else until modern days knew quantum physics, could design a spaceship, perform neurosurgery or anything else that some creative people here ascribe to them. These inventions did not exist then and no one, no one, knew about them. Chazal were holy human beings and they ate and slept like everyone else. They were not magicians, nor sorcerers nor warlocks, nor clairvoyants. They were holy people and provided the basis for the continuity of Judaism, and that is where their greatness lies. If someone wants to believe that Chazal were closet Harry Potters, that’s their prerogative, but it’s not part of Judaism, nor should it be.