Actually I'm talking about post web 2 era. I've seen increasing amount of people very "knowledgeable" about the "scientific method" but who never made derived one proof in their life or never made up a concept from zero. It's very painful to see sheeps throwing wikipedia paragraphs pavlov style.

Talking about the bible, there was a talk about the printing press and the fact that it made debates a bit saner since people could avoid hearsay. The Bible might not be the most refutable piece but it seems it gave some kind of stable ground for discourse.. (according to the people at that conference)