“The 'size' of science has doubled steadily every 15 years. In a century this means a factor of 100. For every single scientific paper or for every single scientist in 1670, there were 100 in 1770, 10,000 in 1870 and 1,000,000 in 1970.” YearsMeanCenturyPaperScientistSizeFactors Author:John Ziman
“In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a unifying factor. Their adherents were equally manipulated by the clergies to regard the others as wicked infidels or idolaters. The centuries passed in constant pious agitation and in frequent religious wars.” WarCausesReligiousAtheismCenturyWorshipRegardConstantVariousPositive AtheismFactorsWickedHatefulPiousJerusalemAgitationInfidelUnifyingReligious Wars Book:Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory Source: Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory
“Transformation of language through psychedelic drugs is a central factor of the evolution of the social matrix of the rest of the century.” LanguageSocialCenturyEvolutionDrugTransformationFactorsPsychedelicPsychedelic Drugs Author:Terence McKenna
“Just because many modern academics are very secular does not mean that we should ignore those factors in earlier generations - and by that, I don't just mean five or six centuries ago.” ShouldMeanDoeFiveGenerationsModernCenturySixFactorsSecular Author:Philip Jenkins