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We could have stopped Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle, not to mention Thales and Archimedes from continuing philo-scientific discovery because there were too many trivial things happening around them. Where do you think we'd be today, then? Probably in a war because of the lack in moral retribution. Oh, and then it would too hard to kill our enemies because of a lack in fundamental technological developments.
But anyway, what were you saying?