Monotheism generally allows for no greys. Ideas are either true or false. Hence, although science develops out of the alchemy of the medieval Christian milieu (derived from Arabic alchemy, which was stimulated by the much earlier Chinese alchemy), science is not understood by the nonscientific monotheistic population. The general Western public mistakenly thinks science presents unalterable truth, as does their religion, rather than theories to be tested and continually discarded to be replaced by new hypotheses, which is the actual scientific method. .Jordan D. Paper
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It is important to note that science, just like any other concept, is open to interpretation. It is not an exact science that can be defined in one way. We need to maintain the scientific method when doing research. For example, in the 1960s Dr.
Peter Duesberg conducted an experiment involving the effects of penicillin in rats. He was able to show the positive effects of the drug in scientific terms. However, his results were met with much resistance from other scientists because there were still too many questions about penicillin’s side effects and its effectiveness.
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