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My point is that any such theory is untestable, and we're good at convincing ourselves of "truths" that appeal to us. A 19th century nationalist would have lik
by netcan 6y ago
My point is that any such theory is untestable, and we're good at convincing ourselves of "truths" that appeal to us. A 19th century nationalist would have liked your first sentence. A 19th century marxist would have liked your second and third one.
Any one of them can be challenged with counterexamples. EG, a great modern cognate to Venetian lords and bishops pouring money into prestige projects are the gulf Emirs. Yet...
- jariel 6y agoIt's not 'untestable'; we have a historical record to determine what happened, it would just be a lot of work.
- netcan 6y agoHow would you go about using the historical record to determine that conquest leads to a scientifically advanced culture? How would you formulate the thesis? I want to point out that the concept of falsifiability, largely came around to distinguish between objective & scientific thought and the above.