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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature
The Michael Shermer Show
The Beginnings of Written Literature Are Synonyms
The origins of written literature go back to the oral tradition. Literature is a tool that allows us to make things, and it could have been used by humans as far back as hominectus. But there are two competing traditions of science being taught in different ways. And if we're willing to treat holy scripture like how you describe it, then there's a lot there that we can learn from even atheists, materialist scientists.
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