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dyauspitr 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI 2040: Plan A

> Are there examples of where we have collective decided not to pursue knowledge? Successfully?

Isn’t that like all of the Middle Ages where we replaced knowledge with an alternate religious reality.

matkoniecz 3 months ago [–]

No, that is not a good description of Middle Ages at all.

For start, previous era was also deeply religious. So it switched religions, if anything new one was more friendly toward knowledge.

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