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Re:How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate by Jensson on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:12PM (#37617859)
Just the awareness of the scientific method makes us far superior to the ancient Greeks. Many still doesn't follow it, but basically no Greek followed it and it really shows in their works.

For problems where the scientific method doesn't help however we probably aren't that much better than the ancient Greeks, maybe we are even inferior there.

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Re:How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate by bluGill on Monday September 25, 2023 @12:32PM (#37646569)
For things where the scientific process doesn't help we have no objective way to conclude anything. Thus debates about topics like Abortion or Gun control where different rights and belief system exist in conflict with each other. Typically neither side will acknowledge the others position as having any validity, but if you can find someone in a different tradition that supports (or seems to support) your position you will say they are authoritative despite there being no objective fact in the first place.
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