Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) Hungarian-American psychiatrist, educator
“Science and Scientism,” The Second Sin (1973)

 
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