20 janeiro 2012

Mitos

Interessante como, apesar de todas as informações fartamente disponíveis atualmente, certas idéias permanecem firmes no imaginário das pessoas. Até mesmo das pessoas mais instruídas.

Acho que todas as gerações seguintes foram vítimas disso:

The 19th century was a period in which the perception of an antagonism between religion and science was especially strong. The disputes surrounding the Darwinian revolution contributed to the birth of the conflict thesis, a view of history according to which any interaction between religion and science almost inevitably would lead to open hostility, with religion usually taking the part of the aggressor against new scientific ideas.