Science is historically and inextricably linked to European colonialism and white (male) supremacy. Read a book.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/844714652420493313 …
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Replying to @creightonbrown
Because it thrives when nations become more stable & so less religious & turn their attention to science & the arts? Go back further tho.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @creightonbrown
Europe had a long science-dry spell between Greek/Roman advances & European ones. Fortunately Muslim world kept it alive.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @creightonbrown
Dry spell is a bit of an exaggeration. It's only dry when compared to modernity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology …
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Replying to @cgoldberg618 @creightonbrown
That's what I am comparing it with.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @creightonbrown
Oh okay. I thought you were one of those people who think that nothing happened in the middle ages.
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Replying to @cgoldberg618 @creightonbrown
No.
My area of study. Well, 1300 - 1700, when we saw culture change radically & a thirst for knowledge of the world revive.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Re: science, I've only written on the huge leap in anatomy & physiology in the mid 16th century tho. I focus mainly on religion.
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