Scenarios about 'free inquiry'
Free inquiry refers to the intellectual freedom to investigate ideas, challenge prevailing beliefs, and pursue knowledge without restriction or censorship. This principle emerged prominently during the Enlightenment and has been fundamental to scientific advancement, philosophical discourse, and democratic development throughout modern history. In alternate history scenarios, the presence or suppression of free inquiry often serves as a pivotal factor in determining technological progress, social evolution, and political structures of divergent timelines.
What If Academic Freedom Was Never Protected?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the principles of academic freedom never developed legal or institutional protections, fundamentally altering the evolution of higher education, scientific progress, and intellectual discourse in modern society.