The article is worth reading, as it explains several aspects of the rise of the Western Enlightenment.
If you replace the word "Catholic" with "Islam", his argument also holds. (The Ottoman Empire lost militarily to Western Europeans because the scientific method led to better weaponry. Since the Koran is believed to be "perfect", even asking questions is heresy ie. anti-science.)
Note that the author's area of expertise, Human Evolutionary Biology, is anathema to US Marxists/leftists/feminists because it contradicts their narrative that people's behavior is entirely a social construct.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 11.5 ms ] threadIf you replace the word "Catholic" with "Islam", his argument also holds. (The Ottoman Empire lost militarily to Western Europeans because the scientific method led to better weaponry. Since the Koran is believed to be "perfect", even asking questions is heresy ie. anti-science.)
Note that the author's area of expertise, Human Evolutionary Biology, is anathema to US Marxists/leftists/feminists because it contradicts their narrative that people's behavior is entirely a social construct.