To further investigate this topic we first have to define what exactly belief is, which the dictionary (dictionary.com) defines it as "Mental acceptance and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something." Belief however is greatly connected to knowledge, since if you think about it, they are in approximately the same area, where belief is the base of the pyramid, and knowledge is the top. Knowledge was originally based on belief. From the very beginning, a person would believe in a theory, and then base their knowledge on that belief and this produces faulty arguments. This "knowledge" would be passed on to through generations as a fact, and since people would be taught these theories at a young age, they would not even think of questioning this fact and where it came from, accepting it as it is, and as it was taught to them by...