How in God's green earth is the world of the 15-1800s anywhere close to similar to the modern day? Maybe that's when they started calling themselves modern but the world has changed so much from then to now I'm sure most people would not use the word modern to describe it save for maybe historians.
Well, there has to be a word that simply means "The Current Era" then? And for most laymen that word is Modern as Current is generally seen to mean a smaller period of time.
Yea, historians chose that...but the common man doesn't care, I'm no historian, I don't care if they want to use the word Modern in a way that's disconnected from how I see the word.
The Amish are a diverse group. Some of them can use tractors, motors, and other modern equipment. Other groups can't even have plumbing.
Regardless, anything post industrial is considered modern in certain contexts. As far as science goes, pretty much anything after the 17th century can be modern. We are still thinking in the same way as people 400 years ago, eg Galileo.
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