On: China’s clampdown on religious freedom

[Mirioron]

Sure, but their understanding of the world was different. Everywhere around them religion was important. That's not the case anymore. Furthermore, they also knew a lot less about the world in general, because such information simply wasn't available back then.

[hprotagonist → Mirioron]

i don’t think we’ve made any staggering advances in knowledge since 1960, when lemaitre died, for instance.

it’s just a false dichotomy, sorry.

[ardy42 → hprotagonist]

> i don’t think we’ve made any staggering advances in knowledge since 1960, when lemaitre died, for instance.

We've got Twitter and Reddit, and if those don't encapsulate staggering advances in human knowledge, I don't know what would.

[DougN7 → ardy42]

Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not...