Yeah but there's a difference. We're immersed in a state of better knowledge. It took centuries for us to go from the forms of knowledge that are "truth is self

Yeah but there's a difference. We're immersed in a state of better knowledge. It took centuries for us to go from the forms of knowledge that are "truth is self-evident" to "verification:of consequents is the pre-eminent method of knowledge acquisition" to "failure to reject falsifiable ideas is the best method to acquire knowledge". But I took that same path without reading the philosophers in approximately ten years. How? Because the cultural milieu is different. I am a unit of a more capable civilization and I am therefore enhanced. So am I smarter than Karl Popper? Not really. It's just easier to learn something than to find it. So, yes, I know the linked list answer.