Why did it take so long for humans to gain scientific knowledge? The full episode is here: #science #ThePoetryOfReality

No one is wrong. Everyone has made enormous contributions to science and society. The only difference is that we have more resources today than they did in the past. What we know today could be wrong tomorrow, as new discoveries are made. So, it is not appropriate to say that Aristotle was wrong.

How chimpanzees see life. Well, that's how we saw it several million years ago. 😃

"The human brain hasn't grown in the last 20,000 years. It probably hasn't in the last million years." Unclear how this could be. Agriculture is 10ky old, and writing 3ky. Either planting seeds was based on 10ky of oral history, or humans became smart enough to figure it out.

I always love Richard Dawkins interviews and lectures.

cus i had other business to take care of

All knowledge is scientific knowledge. The only difference bertween “science” and “religion” is that science presumes to understand the nature of forces, and doesn’t wait for the long run to pan out before making universal claims.

Aryabhata - brilliant in 470 AD. Right about a lot of things back then, built on Lagadha (700 BCE) who was right about somethings.

Also, I don't think religious indoctrination has helped.

I once blurted out to a cousin that the Romans were too stupid to have electronic computers. Our grandad interjected to correct me saying, they just didn’t have the tools to make the tools to make the tools to make the tools to … to make the tools to make electronic computers.

Also because observers and builders of long ago who lived in remote locations were isolated and could not share their skills and knowledge.