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Originally written by Alorael:

Most prominent thinkers were theologians, or at least philosophers.

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Who were churchmen. (or women.. in the case of some of the 'mystics')

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I find it funny that I can try to think objectively, not just ranting 'omg ebil liberal freaks' (typos intentional), admitting that there are many problems with conservative views, but even you 'open minded liberals' can't seem to admit that institutions like the church had/have any benefits for society.
Any society has a power structure, and power requires manipulatation of the masses. Religion/superstition is one of the easiest methods to manipulate the uneducated. That it doesn't really work anymore doesn't mean it shouldn't have been used while it did work. The suppression of science was an attempt to retain that power, which can only be expected.

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Originally written by Lady Davida:

Protecting the victims of the Constantinople disease without banning the offending word outright would obviously be more difficult, but not impossible; we would have to spread awareness and provide the victims with some way to identify themselves.

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Originally written by WST ben:

Well, it seems that bonus in valued at MUCH more than level. Like if I have a 1-17+0 weapon and a 1-8+3 weapon, the latter will be valued much more, only the maximum theoretical damage is much lower. And then it ends up doing much more than 11 damage with a good hit. Kinda weird to me.

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Originally written by KernelKnowledge12:

I meant for the individual to take responsibility for their own learning, I did not mean to imply anything other than this.

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Originally written by chicho:

about that anyone knows how the movement system of A4 will be?avernum or geneforge way?

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Originally written by WST ben:

I'll take it all the way it is. But a whole lot of health would be nice.

What is the maximum health possible with the BoE engine?

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Originally written by Zeviz:

The difference between 4 and 5 is that 4 is passive, while 5 is active. To highlight it even more, here is another variation on 5: Instead of 1 fat man, there is a large number of people walking along the bridge and you can push any of them that you want. I am guessing even fewer people would push a person in this case, because they'd have even more active choice.

As somebody said before "in #4, the man is already on the rails, in #5, you are the one who placed him there."

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