It is often the case that as the scientific method becomes more widely used in a country or region so the religious fervor of the area declines. In the Middle Ages progress was stifled by hundreds of years in Europe because the church persecuted as heretics anyone who questioned orthodox views on nature and the [...]
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Science and Humanism
April 24th, 2012