How do you know that the technology (or similar) would not have been invented by the natural people if colonization hadn't taken place, the answer is you don't know, nor can you ever know, you can, as mikemikev has attempted to do, make a prediction . .however a prediction is little more than a guess. You and the others here are just committing an assumption fallacy, you are assuming that these countries could not have progressed without colonization something that you cannot proof, you can only guess.
South Koreans are not forced to live with North Koreans. Alawites and Sunnis are forced to live with each other in Syria. Do you understand? Regarding their culture, I'll admit that they have a propensity to go to the extreme. You can't blame them, given their language. Maybe. Perhaps they should utilize the positive attributes of their biology for once. Why is the West in a mess? Because it is Godless. And why do you think it is Godless to begin with?
I've stated that obviously I don't know with 100% certainty, we never do. You claiming I'm trying to "avoid" that is a lie. I meant a prediction, which is why I used the word prediction. The inference of a data point from other data points. A hypothesis attempts to explain facts by positing an overall process. Did I do that? Obviously not. We make guesses all the time. Some guesses have about 99% certainty. If you see the sky full of dark clouds you take an umbrella. You would take sun cream I assume since you can't be "100% sure" the clouds won't disappear when you step outside.
therefore by your own admission you are attempting to use an assumption fallacy, you are assuming that none of these countries could have progressed without colonization .. that is obviously wrong.
Goomba: Why is the West in a mess? Rayznack: Liberalism Goomba: Liberalism was inevitable. No, no I don't think so. We have walls and we have guns. We can put people up against walls and shoot them. I don't think "inevitable" really captures the situation.
It was inevitable because of the Enlightenment, and the Enlightenment was inevitable because the white man has always been lost.
I can't work with a white progressive but I can work with a minority libertarian or conservative. I would feel out of place living in a progressive community, however I would feel at home living in a black conservative or libertarian community. So much for race. People generally go where they're accepted and race doesn't play a role in that.
Your right it isn't an assumption fallacy, I got that wrong it is an Argument from ignorance (appeal to ignorance, argumentum ad ignorantiam) assuming that a claim is true because it has not been or cannot be proven false, or vice versa.
no need it says it all - "assuming that a claim is true because it has not been or cannot be proven false, or vice versa.", I cannot rpove it is false any more than you can prove it is true .. hence why I am not the one stating as a fact that these countries would have progressed without colonization, where as you are stating they would not have.
That was not your original statement. You only comparisons are with other countries that were colonized, or can you produce a country within Africa that was not colonized to compare with? As shown a prediction is nothing more than a guess. You following comment to that one was nothing more than an attempt to demean all African people using a word that was rightfully edited out.
Clearly the meaning of "some" is confusing for you. As in "moderate certainty" "low certainty" "high certainty" "absolute certainty". Is this where you are getting confused?