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The quality of knowledge acquired is directly proportional to the duration of historic development The paradigm shifts that constantly occur with knowledge and the appearance of new literature provides a better quality or in other words a more polished form of knowledge that attains high level of evidence Clearly we can see that there is a good progress in the quality of knowledge and it is evident in certain fields such as the sciences In this essay particular emphasis in the Arts and Natural Sciences as two areas of knowledge to explore how the quality of knowledge produced by an academic discipline is directly proportional to the duration of historic development In the science field the discovery of penicillin first ever antibiotic provided knowledge regarding its use in various abnormalities within the body Within the years the quality of knowledge regarding treatment of fatal infections have evolved corresponding to the quote where quality of knowledge is proportional to duration of historic development The discovery of one medication has led to the improvement in knowledge where knowledge seekers have discovered other strains and tested various different isolates to discover more antibiotics of different families that could treat fatal infections That knowledge would not have a polished quality if it was not for the discovery of the first ever antibiotic The idea of paradigm shift and its effect in acquiring knowledge also applies to chemotherapy anti cancer drugs Historically anti cancer drugs have major adverse effects on a cancer patients with the evolving knowledge regarding the discovery of the mechanism of how the disease affects one's health led to discovery of novel agents and chemotherapies that would target specific cells and hinder its effect on normal cells
