tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15194226.post402129371385598482..comments2024-03-08T01:24:09.884-07:00Comments on Matt's Sci/Tech Blog: Footnote to Apollo: the lunar BiblesMatt Billehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230930494550861704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15194226.post-66982673990545137432013-02-21T16:12:16.327-07:002013-02-21T16:12:16.327-07:00Francis Bacon went to some lengths to argue agains...Francis Bacon went to some lengths to argue against the then current belief that curiosity was a vice due to the forbidden fruit in the Bible. He brought about a change in our Western understanding so that we regard curiosity as a virtue.<br />Curiosity, Forbidden Knowledge, and the Reformation of Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England<br />http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3080629?uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101685158083Laurence Clark Crossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908708438427333473noreply@blogger.com