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An alternative explanation is "Triumph of the West" by Roberts which gives cultural reasons.
by skookumchuck 9y ago
An alternative explanation is "Triumph of the West" by Roberts which gives cultural reasons.
- tom_mellior 9y agoWhat kind of cultural reasons?
- radicalbyte 9y agoSurvivor bias, I assume (haven't read the book).
- skookumchuck 9y agoOne in particular is that the rules of the universe are consistent, and can be modeled. The behavior of the model would then apply to what was being modeled. This is the basis of nearly all scientific progress. Other views of the universe are that everything is a special case and model results are therefore not applicable. Creationism is an example of such a viewpoint.