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"Comm" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Day Brown <daybrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> China made many advances before the West did.
>> Circumstances did not always allow them to make optimal
>> use of those advances. The happenstance that they did not
>> use alphabetic writing made the printing press, which was
>> invented there first, rather less significant an
>> improvement than it was in the West. (And of course the
>> alphabet was not invented in Europe either).
>
> As shown (with proofs) on one of those documentary shows -
> just about everything was invented in China long ago. They
> didn't choose to use it due to many WISE reasonings,
> involving FORESIGHT. They have HAD to go for it these
> days.
No, the reason said technology wasn't implemented into daily
life was the same of why the Romans didn't industrialize,
even though they had the tools to do so. A big cause in both
cultures was slavery or cheap labor, which serves as a
disincentive to apply labor-saving devices and techniques.
Secret Squirrel
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