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The scientific method wasn’t novel to the western world. It’s origins date back to when the Moors conquered the southern half of western europe - and by almost
by ahmadmk 3y ago
The scientific method wasn’t novel to the western world. It’s origins date back to when the Moors conquered the southern half of western europe - and by almost all historian accounts - modernized many institutions over the subsequent hundreds of years (eg, from cutlery to math and science).
I think the most relevant book on the west’s success is called complexity: a guided tour
- WalterBright 3y agoIt doesn't matter where the idea originated, it matters where it is applied.
- Log_out_ 3y agoAnd because they had to much of science, they rejected the printing press? Does anyone read the sources anymore before they start projecting utopias everywhere? Also by preventing proper analysis, one prevents the discovery of cultural defects and repairs, preventing liberating change and effectively kicking away the ladder of progress, a deeply colonial act.