> Conservative ideology is focused around defining progress [...] as a return to a previous state of affairs > To a conservative ideologue, the truth lies behi

> Conservative ideology is focused around defining progress [...] as a return to a previous state of affairs > To a conservative ideologue, the truth lies behind us. Given the context, I disagree with your interpretation of the "conservative" label. It is obvious (to me) that what the author means in this particular article, and the grandparent, is "Conservatism as defined in United States political ideology" [1], perhaps of the Barry Goldwater flavour, and not your broader and in this context misleading definition, which coupled to some of the more vocal people calling themselves conservatives today leads to a form of association fallacy I've observed some university departments use precisely to reject "conservatives". This particular definition of conservatism is compatible with scientific progress and new thinking, as shown by the evidence of decades of both happening in politically conservative university departments (in the US and abroad) in the 20th century. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_Sta...