(Person claims that the 17th century Chinese were innovative and uses an example of using telescope spotters for their artillerists as an example)

Charles Murray: The idea that Chinese had telescopic aiming is also dumb. Again, it is very common for apologists like you to claim that vague and wishful claims are probative. (This is very like the common, and utterly false, claim that Muslims invented the fountain pen, discussed in another review of mine).