Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A very young Joan of Arc swayed the entire French army, and she was a heroine for two years before being burned at the stake. It was the power of religion that got even the king to listen to her. She heard little voices (either in her brain, schizophrenia, or her inner ear, Meniere's disease). But was she crazy? Or does it matter? Unlike the religious way of knowing, the scientific way of knowing requires external verification.
A very young Joan of Arc swayed the entire French army, and she was a heroine for two years before being burned at the stake. It was the power of religion that got even the king to listen to her. She heard little voices (either in her brain, schizophrenia, or her inner ear, Meniere's disease). But was she crazy? Or does it matter? Unlike the religious way of knowing, the scientific way of knowing requires external verification.










