Today's science is yesterday's Witchcraft
Absolutely. I've been listening to the Unobscured podcast about the Salem witch trials, and it's chilling - quite difficult to listen to at times. I knew the basic details of this horrific episode, but the podcast describes the various people involved in such detail that it brings home the terrible stupidity and hysteria that was allowed to run riot. People are often scared of things they don't understand.
I do not see myself listening to something like that, reading that awful book was enough horror for a lifetime. Yeah, stupidity is the most dangerous thing in the world, always has been, unfortunately.