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benignuman
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Rational,

There is a big difference between science and values. Torah is not about science but it is about values. Chazal consciously used the science of their time because the Torah is not a source of science (for the most part) but Chazal did not consciously use the values of their time.

I assume you mean, that although they didn’t consciously use the values of their time, they might have been influenced by the values of their time and, chas v’shalom, misinterpreted the Torah. It is true that they might have been so influenced, nobody is perfect, but there is no way to know. And given that we can’t know one way or another, there is no reason to assume regarding any given issue that there was such influence. Therefore the point is has no practical ramifications.