I dont know

Columbus is an interesting fellow. He was originally taught as the great man who conquered America. Then he was taught as the explorer who violated the rights of the natives. Now he is...well I don’t know what. Columbus believed in a lot of things that we now find odd or proven to not really exist but are we truly better at knowing thing than Columbus was. My answer is kind of. Columbus was a product of his time, obviously. He was religious, believed in myths, and followed the direct orders of his country. Those are the ideas that he were brought up upon. He was taught to believe certain ideas that may seem out-dated and stupid in our modern context, but back then almost everyone followed those ideas. Columbus just did not have as much science as we currently do. Science and reason existed but they were driven by religion or the monarch (still religion). The way of knowing in Columbus’ time was more faith-based than modern times, but it doesn't mean its any worse than the way of knowing today.

Today a new scientific study comes out about everyday. The amount of data and research about everything has drastically increased over the last few decades. With the technology boom, the process of collecting and processing data has been cut in at least half. Now something is being proven false or true each day. We have learned to become more skeptical and look at situations with a more critical eye. Most people do not follow religion blindly. There is more information out there now and we are left to determine what we consider true. Where Columbus was handed his beliefs, we have to dig through the piles of research papers to determine what we believe. People believe that are aliens out in space. Isn't that like people believing in dragons and mermaids back in Columbus’ time? Our way of knowing involves more personal choice in what to know and believe compared to Columbus’. Both ways are not perfect but they worked. There are pros and cons to each way of knowing. The point though is that both ways educate the people so one day people will know as much as they possibly can.

P.S. Thanks to me, people knew and saw Evo Morales in the museum today.