Jared Diamond talks about the border between history and science. He draws from his book: "Guns, Germs and Steel" to attempt to summarise the factors that influenced the differing courses of variou...
Jared Diamond talks about the border between history and science. He draws from his book: "Guns, Germs and Steel" to attempt to summarise the factors that influenced the differing courses of various cultures in human history. He makes the argument that environmental factors such as resources and geography are responsible for the differences in the technological advances of different cultures, not genetic or biological factors. He believes that the scientific method can be applied to the study of human history as rigourously as it has been to the history of life and the cosmos.
From a conference in 1998 called Der Digitale Planet (The Digital Planet), which also included Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker. Links follow:
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