Not a retcon at all! Though use of moveable type in China did continue past its inventor’s death, it didn’t acquire the same prominence or revolutionize printing the way that it did when invented in Europe.
This reminds me how setting prints letter-by-letter was time consuming, so the printers had common words or even whole phrases ready too. It was called stereotype.
This reminds me of Connections with James Burke (i only saw the reboot), that explores how breakthroughs have depended on other semi-related ideas and technology.
Not a retcon at all! Though use of moveable type in China did continue past its inventor’s death, it didn’t acquire the same prominence or revolutionize printing the way that it did when invented in Europe.
This reminds me how setting prints letter-by-letter was time consuming, so the printers had common words or even whole phrases ready too. It was called stereotype.
In France they called it cliché…
Well, TIL, still I think it really highlights that some ideas need specific circumstances to create an impact
This reminds me of Connections with James Burke (i only saw the reboot), that explores how breakthroughs have depended on other semi-related ideas and technology.