/sci/ - Science & Math

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History thread!

I realise /sci/ is more oriented towards the natural sciences. However, there are some that would argue history to be a science. From the assumption that history can be seen as a science, it would follow from that that an understanding of history would allow you to predict the future to some degree. This is what certain historians do when they say to have identified an overlapping system of rules governing the history of mankind.

I hereby invite you all, even if you aren't interested at all in history, to offer your perspectives and opinions on what are the factors or developments that matter when you look at history. Are there certain patterns and consistencies that you think exist in human history?

A topic to start off with, which might be relevant to the interests of /sci/, is the question of whether technological determinism is valid. This is the belief that all social change (e.g. change in culture, norms & values, the way governments operate, etc) is determined by material, technological developments within a society.
Corrolary to this, might there be an 'end of history', in which science has developed to such a degree that societal change would end? Or can history never be an exact science? How does that relate to the belief in an absolute reality? offer your perspectives!

>>6216930
Not in the past.