[Juliate]

Like, Arabic was about 10 centuries ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islami...

Or Greek before? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_in_classica...

Or Chinese? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technol...

[kaesar14]

Isn't the difference here that science has become a global institution, and far more complex than it was in any of those societies?

[Juliate]

Science is a placeholder here, in the context of which language being used to express and articulate complex thoughts.