To: EveningStar
So we’ve learned more in the last 200 years than was learned in the previous 5000?
2 posted on
07/03/2013 12:51:06 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
To: driftdiver
So we’ve learned more in the last 200 years than was learned in the previous 5000? In many disciplines that is true. In fact, in many disciplines, we have learned more in the last 100 years than the previous 5000.
7 posted on
07/03/2013 12:57:18 PM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: driftdiver
So we’ve learned more in the last 200 years than was learned in the previous 5000?Absolutely! Just a few hundred years ago, the majority of doctors thought that the idea that infections are caused by germs was ludicrous.
10 posted on
07/03/2013 1:05:02 PM PDT by
Sparticus
(Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
To: driftdiver
So we’ve learned more in the last 200 years than was learned in the previous 5000?
Absolutely. Just to pick one subject out of many, try comparing any pre-1814 book on astronomy to a modern one.
To: driftdiver
yes. We should only listen to mainstream medical advice. Such as margarine is good for you. Vegetable oil is good for you. All fat is bad. Yes. Mainsteam medical advice is always correct.
To: driftdiver
“So we’ve learned more in the last 200 years than was learned in the previous 5000?”
Yes. Yes, we have. We also have far more people that can read and write, have educations, and contribute more per capita than at any other time.
73 posted on
07/03/2013 4:22:27 PM PDT by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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