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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by yters on Thursday November 02, 2017 @10:40PM (#15616316)
Not during medieval times. Scripture and philosophy were the standard for best evidence at the time.
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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by SauciestGNU on Thursday November 02, 2017 @10:49PM (#15616343)
That is only nominally true if you ignore the world outside if Europe, and also if you ignore the pursuit of knowledge undertaken by various religious institutions and other curious individuals (see Moses ben Maimon).
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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by yters on Thursday November 02, 2017 @10:53PM (#15616352)
Can you remind me of the example you were replying to? Isn't it being transported back into medieval Europe, where scripture and philosophy are considered the standard of good evidence?
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