Science, according to historian David Wooton was invented in Europe between the 16th and 18th century. Philosopher and physicist Paul Davies is adamant that, had some cataclysm destroyed Europe before then, science would likely never have emerged.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...