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John Boyd Orr

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods.

John Boyd Orr

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In the past fifty years, scientific progress has been much faster and more significant than in the two thousand years before that. This rapid advancement has allowed humans to control natural forces in ways that ancient people believed only their gods could achieve.

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