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Entry: Two New Myth-Busting Books Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/two_new_myth_busting_books#5088 Post contents: @Sid Indeed racism is very much part and parcel of the nineteenth century panoply of pseudosciences and odd religions (spiritism, Theosophy, etc.) While there is a propaganda that tells you that science drives out supertistion, the fact is that advances in science are accompanied by advances in credulity. An age known by its advance of knowledge will be filled by all kinds of new superstitions, which can paint themselves as "scientific". The Rennaissance, for example, brought about an interest in the occult and witchcraft at levels undreamed in the Middle Ages. The Enlightment in France was accompanied by the likes of Mesmer, Cagliostro, and Saint-Germain. Unfortunately in the United States there is a hunger for novelty, which makes us less willing to be skeptical of weird claims. And we acquiere all kinds of new superstitions that better grounded nations escape. Sent at: 2008 05 16