> Even the 1000s of years old Chinese civilization never invented science and had to wait for it to be imported. This line didn't pass the sniff test for me, s

> Even the 1000s of years old Chinese civilization never invented science and had to wait for it to be imported. This line didn't pass the sniff test for me, so I did a quick Wikipedia check on the history of science in China. [1] Given the fact that Chinese Society has a large population and long written history, it seemed a bit strange to think that science and technology might have been imported from elsewhere 1000 years ago. It was actually quite cool! Turns out gunpowder and crossbows were invented there for gaining an advantage in war. [3][4] In AD 132, Zhang Heng created the first seismometer to study or detect earthquakes. [2] Looks like China's had science longer than the United Kingdom's been united. EDIT: added newlines to break up the Wikipedia hyperlinks [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technol... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismometer#Ancient_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismometer#Ancient_era [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow#East_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow#East_Asia [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder