Why did Science develop only in the west?

When a culture becomes more fascinated with magic and Machiavellian political maneuvering than it is in metaphysics, logic, and the contemplation of the created order
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one can expect the death of authentic scientific advance and a continual parade of charlatan "experts," each one a magician promising greater power and control over the forces of nature and history than they can in reality deliver.