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human progress

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows if there has been proper studies done or even estimates made of how much further Human technology might have progressed by now if religious authority hadn't stifled study of non church-approved subject matter through the ages?

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No idea and a very good

No idea and a very good question. How would one begin to explore that topic? I suppose the 1st step would be to throw up the notion of reverse religious persecution, or oppression, for research and then narrow it from there.

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It's important to understand

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