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Did the myths drive progress, or did progress happen despite the myths?
by rcme 4y ago
Did the myths drive progress, or did progress happen despite the myths?
- voakbasda 4y agoHistory is replete with examples that strongly suggest “despite”. Hell, they are still holding us back.
- ffhhj 4y agoAs said, whatever it's that works. In the meanwhile let's wait for that progress isolated from culture, beliefs, not even a language?
- rcme 4y agoLanguage facilitates idea sharing. Clearly that’s useful for progress. What’s less clear is the mechanism in which mythology acts on progress. Especially when we have counter examples where mythology explicitly hindered progress, e.g. the resistance to the ideas Copernicus by the church. Yes we have mythology and yes we have progress. But that doesn’t mean mythology enables progress.