the question have pop up many times in my mind: Why science like myths so much? Myth related uses is common usage in science. There are many link between mythology and astronomy. Planets (Mars, Venus, Neptune), most of the moons of the solar system (Phoebos, Deimos, Io), constellation (Orion, Andromeda, Centaurus). Nasa have many of it's programs named after big deities (Apollo, Mercyry). Psychology like to use myth to illustrate some concept of theirs (the most famous one Oedipus).
It makes me wonder if science have a total lack of imagination. Another theory would be that scientists like too much myths and that the Ancients ones were very observant of their surrounding. Why change a successful observation? I don't have any scientist under hand to test my theories. It is a bit sad because I would like to have an answer to this question.
It seems that scientists have a long time interest in mythology. Is is Renaissance that triggered it? I don't know enough history to know the answer. I know that mytology have gained the interest of some people for a while now. I don't know if it is still the case for young people. The phenomenon is easy to answer, for me. I have, myself, fallen under that spell. It is a return to something fascinating, unknown for many generations in the common people. It also trigger something more innocent and a more primitive time. The genealogy of the deities (especially the Greco-Roman one) ressemble of what can be seen today. More and more people can understand that genealogy because it can partly reflect with the modern family setting. Not totally but for the most part. Today, there is all kind of family setting.
I can't really answer my question but I think I can say that science is in love with mythology.
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