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I am not sure what you are claiming. Is it that paper is not an improvement over papyrus? This clearly does not stand. Or that paper was not invented in Chin
by Leary 7y ago
I am not sure what you are claiming.
Is it that paper is not an improvement over papyrus?
This clearly does not stand.
Or that paper was not invented in China but in the classical world?
This is contradicted by archaeological evidence.
Or that somehow the fact that the word paper is derived from papyrus in English means that it was invented by the west?
- internet_user 7y agoInvention that improves a manufacturing process is not the same as inventing the entire product category, which has existed for literally thousands of years. It really amounts to claiming to have invented the entire field of metalworking, when all that's invented is the casting process, whereas everyone was using forging techniques before then. Disingenuous.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoPaper is not just another form of papyrus, despite the etymological relation. Paper is vastly superior to papyrus, and it's a hugely important invention in human history. It's very difficult to see what you're actually trying to argue here. Chinese civilization generated a large number of important inventions, including (but obviously not limited to) the stirrup, paper, gunpowder, silk, the compass and paper money. It's about as silly to try to deny this contribution as it would be to deny the contribution of the Greeks to civilization.