2009-09-12, 06:46 PM
Quantact Wrote:Perverted science has a well-established history of concocting inhuman experiments where human subjects are subjected to torture and lethal agents to test a scientific hypothesis. Nazis did this in concentration camps, Japanese did it to Chinese in their own concentration camps, and there are a few high profile psychological studies that are completely illegal by today's ethical standards, (Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram Experiment.) I wouldn't say science of that sort is any better than 9/11, so it's not religion you're talking about, it's "religion" that's comparable to the scientific studies I mention above.
the CIA used to test drugs on people without telling them in the 80's and no riots were had, people were too busy being hippies. the point of that thing is supposed to say that science has contributed more towards the advancement of human thought and society than religion has, in that religion is viewed in that context as a hindrance to development of the scientific process, which is far from the truth. people attribute religion to sitting in church and listening to an old guy in a robe stand up before a group of glass-eyed and bored people, prattling on about the stories of people long since decayed into worm fodder. religion and science used to go hand in hand, and some sciences were viewed as a religion in the past. not sure if alchemy can fall into that category, but its the first that comes to mind for some reason.
*shrug*