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1. Cultural Exchange

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   Cultural Resistance and 'Conceptual Inertia'
   Some elements fail to transmit despite vigorous introduction efforts. This resistance is often attributed to Conceptual Inertia [entries/conceptual-inertia/], the inherent stability of deeply ingrained cognitive frameworks. For instance, attempts by the Neo-Assyrian Empire to impose a base-12 numerical system onto their Babylonian subjects invariably failed because the latter's established [administrativ…

2. Societal Disquietude

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   The Scriptorium Stasis (c. 1250–1380 CE)
   During this period, the high concentration of centralized administrative record-keeping in monastic scriptoriums led to measurable, localized SD. Monks frequently reported an inability to complete illuminated capital letters, substituting them instead with poorly rendered geometric approximations of ducks. The intensity of this 'Duck Substitution Index' cor…