12-23-2009, 02:21 PM
For me, the signal of the impending Dark Ages was rise of Sarah Palin during the last year's election along with the Cult of Know Nothingism™ that followed her. It was appalling to witness so many people being able to blindly go against scientific proven fact and saying the earth was only 6,000 years old or whatever. And...and...wanting someone in power who believed it as well.
And yes, ztirffritz is right. During the Dark Ages we know (and focus) about in Western history, while Europe was thumbing its asses and not washing its hands to avoid a plague, the rest of the world figured out engineering, calculus, cartography, gun powder and washing its hands.
And yes, ztirffritz is right. During the Dark Ages we know (and focus) about in Western history, while Europe was thumbing its asses and not washing its hands to avoid a plague, the rest of the world figured out engineering, calculus, cartography, gun powder and washing its hands.