Sorry if it's a little glib, but the first thing that came to my mind after reading this post was:
"But apart from medicine, effective sanitation, drastically higher chances of living a long life, material welfare, peace and declining violence, and a near end to famines and legal slavery, what has the Enlightenment ever done for us?"
Sure, WWII claimed 3% of the world population, but Tamerlane got 5% and Genghis Khan 10%.
"But apart from medicine, effective sanitation, drastically higher chances of living a long life, material welfare, peace and declining violence, and a near end to famines and legal slavery, what has the Enlightenment ever done for us?"
Sure, WWII claimed 3% of the world population, but Tamerlane got 5% and Genghis Khan 10%.