Icarus Syndrome: the whitewashed vanity of science
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https://doi.org/10.33233/rbfex.v20i2.4716Abstract
One of the beautiful stories in Greek mythology tells the myth of Icarus, the boy with wax wings. In the tale, Dédalos, an inventor kept in captivity, built pairs of wings to escape from Crete in the company of his son, Icarus. However, even after alerting him to the importance of keeping some distance from the sun, Icarus advances higher and higher until the fateful moment when the connections between his wings start to melt, launching him in free fall against the rocks.
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