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* One of the many things the Khmer Rouge killed people for was being educated. They wanted a technology-free society, and they pretty much got one--complete with rampant disease, starvation, and getting their asses ''stomped'' by neighboring Vietnam.
* [[Nicolas Gomez Davila|Nicolás Gómez Dávila]], the Colombian philosopher, believed [http://don-colacho.blogspot.com/2010/01/technique-technology.html wholeheartedly] in this.
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** Taoism, as with all ancient advice, is very vulnerable to misinterpretation. The flowery wordplay and metaphors of the ancient sages if anything only make it more-so. However, the underlying message is basically just Ockham's Razor, which isn't particularly anti-science NOR paradoxical. What Taoism is against is redundant complexity.
* There is a little bit of [[Fridge Horror]] when you realize that science actually needs conflict to develop. Most of the major advancements mankind made were either made for war initially, or put to use in war later. One real life example was [[World War 2]], where the horrible acts by the Nazis and Japanese actually advanced medical science, and we probably would not have nuclear power plants or sources of energy if it were not for the atomic bombs. These are only two examples on a very long list.
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