James Burke in the book entitled: "The Day the Universe Changed" relates that the Europeans in the course of overrunning the country of Spain came across libraries as well as universities and other optical, mechanical and philosophical knowledge that changed the face of the academics in Europe and sparked the founding of universities based on the philosophy of Aristotle that replaced the Augustinian philosophies of the day.
             Later notes Burke individuals such as Kepler, Galileo and Newton, through their study and research stated more knowledgeable explanations for natural phenomena than those given by Aristotle for man's place in the universe and how the universe actually works. Burke also notes that the advent of print spurred information and knowledge forever changing the world in which we live. In today's world new discoveries are taking place at a rate much faster than ever before in the history of mankind and Newton's theory has been, as pointed out by Burke, to be found lacking in explaining all that man is able to observe.
             At different points in history mankind has assumed that it has reached what it perceives to be the pinnacle of available knowledge however, Burke points out in his work that this simply is an assumption and is one that has not lasted for very long in the history of mankind. For instance Burke points out that during the time of Copernicus that mankind looked up into the sky and supposed that the sun was rotating around the earth and because the Church and Aristotle both held this belief then the medieval individual held that it must be the correct belief.
             How many times in the life of an individual who is presently 70 years old has the belief system, or those beliefs based on science changed or transitioned? Certainly it can be stated that it must be many times. For instance in the life of someone who was born in the 1930s and who was a young adult prior to ma
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