2006-08-21 08:48:09 · 10 answers · asked by gyges_77 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Magic!!!!!!!!! Science, i.e. controlled experimentation after rational inquiry, did not take hold in Europe until the 15th century. In China and Arab countries scientific inquiry probably began much earlier, as it did in India. However, there is reason to believe that some form of magic has been practiced by man since time immemorial. We explain the unexplained this way. Even today, we discuss aliens and astrology and religion in ways that could never withstand scientific scrutiny. Magical thinking is part of our DNA. Magic still reigns supreme!
2006-08-21 09:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by robert r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were one and the same for a long time. Some of our most impressive scientific advances came as a result of magical experiments gone "wrong." As recently as the 1800s, it was difficult to tell the difference between them. It was during that century that most of the scientific societies in the West came into being, and that started a quest by the 1900s to distinguish what was science and what was considered silliness. Since the understanding of science was unrefined until about 100 years ago, then, I will have to say magic came first (at least in the Western Hemisphere).
2006-08-21 18:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by umkelly08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic, by far--anything was magic, until it was explained by science.
2006-08-22 09:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, magic, of course, but, any science, sufficiently advanced, will appear to be magic to the unitiated..
2006-08-21 15:57:22 · answer #4 · answered by chuckufarley2a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic - which permeated all religions in the beginning.
Galilleo was persecuted by the Church for trying to introduce Science into the world and had to retract his teachings.
Voodoo - is one magic/religion
2006-08-21 15:57:57 · answer #5 · answered by chaoslover 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Primitive man faced the unknown Universe and attributed or explained the unknown with fantasy, supernatural and magical descriptions.
2006-08-21 17:51:54 · answer #6 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what was considered magic is now science.
2006-08-21 15:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic, the cavemen didn't create fire and say "that must be combustion turning the wood into ash, smoke, and heat." they thought they had discvoered magic not a chemical process.
2006-08-21 16:06:15 · answer #8 · answered by bionicl00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would be magic
2006-08-21 16:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by altgrave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
science
2006-08-21 15:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by aimeemay 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋