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I can't think of a single field of study that wasn't established by Europeans seeking status, except possibly for mathematics which was established by Babylonia
by whatshisface 4y ago
I can't think of a single field of study that wasn't established by Europeans seeking status, except possibly for mathematics which was established by Babylonians seeking grains.
- XorNot 4y agoRecognising that history is important to not repeating it.
- whatshisface 4y agoA whole lot of status-seeking goes on in science today.
- RC_ITR 4y agoSure but physics wasn’t “this thing in your country is cool, I’m taking it home with me” There is a clear difference there. Imagine if the British Crown Jewels were in a museum in Iran right now!
- whatshisface 4y agoIf physics had somehow involved taking stuff from India they would have done it, which shows that the problem was with the attitude of the colonial era conquerors to the countries they took over rather than with archeology. In fact, a lot of the "they took the crown jewels" stuff has nothing to do with archeology at all.