[mattigames]

What would be the world if we hadn't "stolen" so many discoveries from China, specifically where would be the USA (gunpowder, print, et al)

[thebeardisred]

I assure you. We waited 25 years after the invention of gunpowder before co-opting it.

[thaumasiotes]

More like 350 years.

[portaouflop]

I would say not dramatically different, since most of these fundamental discoveries were found by multiple people around the world.

[j16sdiz]

bullshit.

movable type are not used in china until oil based ink and metal casting technology mature in Europe.