Post Medieval.
10 random takeaways.
1.
Roger Williams was not a brief disturbance in New England history. His ideas endured, his relationships continued, and even those who opposed him had to keep reckoning with him. Some people lose the battle in their own time and still help shape the future.
2.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1739.
From History:
A clear thinker does not believe harder just because an idea feels meaningful, familiar, or comforting. Some mysteries deserve wonder, but belief should still be proportional to evidence, logic, testing, and trustworthy guidance. Think well by letting confidence grow only when support earns it.
3.
From History: 1842
When a source moves toward you, waves compress and frequency increases; when it moves away, waves stretch and frequency decreases. This applies to sound (changing pitch), and light (changing color, or redshift).
4.
Modern existentialism has roots going back to the late 1700s and modern psychology has roots back to the late 1800s. Both have deeper roots going back to prehistory. Kierkegaard’s focus on anxiety is part of the story of psychology. Existentialism explores the meaning from a nihilistic view. While it can be fatalistic, modern externalism focuses on living fully and authentically.
5.
Quote:
- Max Planck.
- circa 1900.
From History:
Planck didn’t advance physics by defending what he believed, but by surrendering it when the evidence refused to cooperate. His “act of despair” reminds us that truth doesn’t yield to confidence. It yields to honesty—especially at the moment when our most trusted explanations stop working.
6.
From History:
John Snow’s Broad Street Pump story shows how belief should change. Public belief blamed bad air, but Snow followed the evidence to contaminated water. Weak induction fed the wrong conclusion; disciplined observation and reasoning corrected it. Confidence became stronger because the explanation fit reality better.
7.
Timeline topic summary:
Scientific method and industrial application altered not just productivity, but perception. Once humanity learned to systematically test nature, acceleration became structural. Growth shifted from occasional bursts to continuous momentum.
8.
Quote:
- Roger Williams.
- May 6, 1682..
The exact birth and death dates of Roger Williams has been lost to history…so far at least. We think he was born around 1602, give or take a few years. We know he passed in 1683, and by April 1st. We also know he was alive on January 15th. We also believe he was about 80 or 81 when he passed. It’s interesting how much is lost to time for even the famous just a few hundred years ago.
9.
From History: 1610
In 1610 Galileo started the process of fixing centuries of incorrect mental models. In Sidereus Nuncius, observation began publicly challenging the old map of the cosmos. The world had not changed. Before then, most inherited the idea that the heavens were perfect, smooth, and fundamentally different from Earth. Then Galileo turned his telescope upward and saw a rough Moon, countless stars, and moons circling Jupiter.
10.
The USA began as a white-power oligarchy with white land-owning males ruling the herd. However, the genius of the Founding Fathers was in the details: their support of democratic values, the framing of an evolving system as in “a more perfect union,” and the Federalist Papers which promote their true intent for equality for all.
The End. Refresh for another set.
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