eval superstition has also survived the ages, to some extent. Frightening epidemics like the plague were seen as God's punishment for people's sins, or tests for questionable souls. Some of these notions may sound silly, or ludicrous, but as hard as it is to believe, as recently as the 1980s, many people saw the outbreak of AIDS as God's judgement on homosexuals. The effect of the past on the future is ever present, and not escapable. Although we may not be fully aware of it, or be capable of accepting it, most of our medicinal techniques were indeed shaped by people who thought the world was flat....
