Human development

**Cujo** · 19-11-2008, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Remember my friend, everything you know - infrastructures of every nature - you owe to traditional and "non-western" cultures.

How do you figuire this? Perhaps you would like to elaborate (if you can).

**Whiteshiva** · 19-11-2008, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Smeg

So does anyone feel embarrassed that caucasians had more get up and go and were more technologically advanced?

If by "caucasians" you mean Europeans, I don;t think that is anything to be ashamed of or embarrased about. It was purely a lucky combination of factors over which we had very little influence.

For example, if the African native plants and animals were as easy to domesticate as Eurasian ones, Europe would probably have have been overrun by Africans, mounted on Rhinoceroses.

**Norton** · 19-11-2008, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by cujo

How do you figuire this? Perhaps you would like to elaborate (if you can).

Think the Chinese can be thanked for developing many of the things we "westerners" take credit for.

computersmiths' History of Chinese Invention and Discovery

**Rural Surin** · 19-11-2008, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by cujo

How do you figuire this? Perhaps you would like to elaborate (if you can).

Think the Chinese can be thanked for developing many of the things we "westerners" take credit for.

computersmiths' History of Chinese Invention and Discovery

Kudos Norton, you'll never win "them" over.

**Bill Donnell** · 19-11-2008, 05:13 PM

I think wide spread governmental corruption is a major cause in the lack of development of many countries. Thailand included, along with most of South America and Africa. China hasn't cleaned up it's act and will probably take a harder hit from the recession than a lot of other countries.

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