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> leaving out all those things that made the vast amount of knowledge possible No. This is the conceit of the humanities to attribute the past few centuries of
by knolax 6y ago
> leaving out all those things that made the vast amount of knowledge possible
No. This is the conceit of the humanities to attribute the past few centuries of industrial and scientific progress to their work. The Soviets, the Nazis, and the Japanese Empire all managed to progress useful knowledge while believing in completely different ideologies. Your John Lockes and Thomas Paines made no real contribution to the discovery of Penicillin or the Transistor. The idea that censoring ideology will stunt technological growth is a fantasy believed in only by ideologues.
- wyuenho 6y agoI strongly advise you to look into the Needham Question. China could have industrialized a millennium ago, and yet it hadn't until around 50 years ago. Insulating one from knowledge can have tremendous effect on growth for centuries. All Soviets, Nazi and Japanese progress are built on ideas and attitudes first found in Reformation Europe.
- knolax 6y ago> All Soviets, Nazi and Japanese progress are built on ideas and attitudes first found in Reformation Europe. And yet they still managed to adopt all the useful ideas they needed despite heavy political censorship.