Fun read on the tyranny of “enlightenment”
(twitter.com)
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Look, we can argue about whether specific examples are good or bad, but you're not addressing the larger point: what in human history can't be called a coin flip under your standard? And what is the value of ignoring the motivations behind something in recent history that is relevant to modern issues just because somewhere thousands of years ago it could have gone a different way?
The tweet thread opens with simple ridicule, implying that we should all dismiss base 10 time as preposterous on its face. This is not the case. That is all.