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None of that is relevant to ancient people having mystical knowledge we don't. It also partakes of the racist trope of labeling some knowledge "Western" when,
by msla 4y ago
None of that is relevant to ancient people having mystical knowledge we don't.
It also partakes of the racist trope of labeling some knowledge "Western" when, in fact, all knowledge belongs to all, and all knowledge has been improved by all. Saying that some knowledge is "Western" devalues the contributions non-Western people have made, and essentializes cultures in a harmful fashion.
- svnt 4y agoAre you trolling now? Can you point out where I say anything is mystical? Or where I have made an error that would lead you to believe I am being racist? You are misreading my commentary on Western knowledge, and your absolutes about knowledge mixing, while apparently well-intended, are not very accurate. I am using Western in a quasi-derogatory cultural sense to describe instances of a self-styled global discovery that is in actuality often just a recent culturally-local understanding. See Hume rediscovering Vedic principles. You are straw-manning an opponent who doesn’t exist.