Mimi sijasema mtazamo wako ni potofu (au pengine mtazamo wangu ni sahihi) kuhusu hili suala, ila nimekwambia uliyoandika ni pumba kwa kukosa umakini na uhakika unaotegemewa kwa mtu yeyote anayefuatilia mada hii.
Hayo masuala ya "data", "research", "disputable", "testable" "wrong thought" na mengineyo umeleta wewe, na ndiyo maana nimekuomba utufafanulie maana ya matamshi yako fulani uliyoandika hapo juu na kutupatia "data" na "research" zinazotetea msimamo wako.
Kwa kumalizia: Kamwe Kipofu hawezi kumwonyesha njia Kipofu mwenzie. Hatushindani hapa kaka aka "mental Jujitsu master".
Angalia factors zilizofanya Ulaya iiache Africa, watu kwenda safari long range baharini Columbus ka cross the Atlantic 1492, wide usage of gunpowder in the 1500's, the employment of scientific research and branching of astronomy from astrology (Tycho Brahe, Copernicus Galileo etc) and Chemistry from Alchemy a bit later in the 1600's.
Kabla ya 1500 Europe ilikuwahaijapata mwanga wa the Renaissance, Henry VIII alikuwa haja endorse reformation Uingereza kuondoa makucha ya Papa na kuanzisha Church of England, pole pole kuondoa minyororo ya imani za authority za watu na mungu. Tungepigana vita na Waingereza/ Wazungu chances are tungepigana na mapanga, na wasingekuwa na advantage ya gunpowder, lakini there is a reason wazungu hawakufika Africa yetu in the year 1000, hawakuwa na organization wala uelewa wa dunia uliotakiwa, na meli zao hazikuwa equipped kupiga masafa. Polepole kati ya AD 1000 na 1500 ndipo wakaanza kutuacha, kufikia 1500 ikawa for sure wao wanaendelea katika a sort of geometric progression na sisi tuko stagnant katika arithmetic progression, if at all, if you will.
Renaissance pia, hususan ilivyoanza Italy miaka ya 1500, largely financed by the Medicis ilichochea kufumuka kwa a banking system iliyoweza ku finance trade na hizi expedition companies kwenda kutafuta makoloni.Kabla ya hapo Europe hakukuwa na mfumo wa banking uliokuwa sophisticated kuruhusu big projects na credit system, an impediment to trade and imperialist conquest. Niall Fergusson kaliongelea hili vizuri sana katika kitabu chake cha mwaka 2008 "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World"
Katika kitabu chake "Science: A History 1543-2001" John Gribbin, the british writer and Cambridge astrophysicist details how Europe moved out of the dark ages in the 1500's with the pioneering scientific community that paved the way for the Newtons, Darwins and Einsteins of later years.If you trace the history of nuclear technology or electricity you will see that Africa and Europe were equally in the dark circa 1500, even the dreamers and Science fiction visionaries (Verne, Wells, Poe, Clarke and even Asimov) did not emerge until much later.But from the 1500'sEurope employed critical thought and Science rigorously while Africa went to sleep.
In his seminal tour de force of a tome "Europe: A History" Norman Davies details how by 1500 Europe was wallowing in superstitions, witchcraft, alchemy, astrology and countless regional wars, inquisitions and a host of other rituals that less politically correct people would characterize as "pagan animism" not unlike Africa if not even worse. One only has to read Nostradamus to see how ridiculous the medieval Europe was, and how common it was for European courts to employ charlatans like him for divination, not unlike something that a Mirambo or Mkwawa would have done.Nowadays they are employing satellite technology to probe every square metre of the earth, while Jakaya is probably employing the services of Sheikh Yahya and his ilk from Mlingotini. In tese past 500 or so years, the Europeans developed from astrology to 10 day weather forecasting, while if not for importing their technology we would still be dealing with traditional rainmakers, in fact I am sure some people in rural Tanzania still do. OK so making rain is still quite a challenge, but they can forecast and prepare at least by 10 days, and they can see long term patterns.
The Gutenberg Bible was not even printed until 1455, and up to then reading was a rarity for princes and the elite, and books extremely expensive, the Gutenberg technology of printing proved instrumental in raising the readership of Europe. Prior to this technology arguably Africans, especially those with their own written languages such as the Coptic, were at the same reading level as Europeans. Even in Cromwell's Puritan England people were still wallowing in books of magic and ancient prophecies.
On top of all, your attack, without enquiring the context of my statement is at best premature or even misguided.Because matters of history may be deemed differently in different context - History is not an exact science, in fact it is not a science at all- and this is why I was so keen to see your take on my position, because sometimes, as that venerable Norwegian physicist Niels Bohr said, the opposite of a great truth can be another great truth, depending on the context and frame of reference.
You may be basing your observations in the root of Euclidean geometry, while I am not using those axioms.Obviously we would not be able to see eye to eye and therefore we would famously "not relate".
You can present your side of this matter, if you so please.
Hiyo
"mental Jujitsu master" isikukondeshe, ni manjonjo ya kutafuta worthy challenges hapa tu.
Na so far sijaona kutoka kwako, hata kama unakimbilia "hatushindani" ukishasema sijatoa a convincing case tayari ni mashindano ya aina fulani utake usitake.
You know you are the "Pope" if not the "Jujitsu master" of this ish when the anti-Pope, a.k.a Da Dude, attacks you for sheer relaxation.
