[ExI] are all cultures equivalent?

John K Clark jonkc at bellsouth.net
Tue Apr 14 05:34:48 UTC 2009


John Grigg Wrote:

> My question for the list members is why did Islamic culture, which in
> medieval times had a technological and cultural heyday that greatly
> surpassed Europe, fall so short in the intervening centuries that lead up
> to the present era?

I have no idea. Nobody understands the dynamics of culture, but at least I'm
smart enough not to pretend that I do. I don't know why Islamic culture
sucks, but I do know it suck, in fact it approaches a perfect vacuum.

 John K Clark







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