Well put. I think there is a history of contorting facts about world to work well with moral or political goals, often well meaning. There’s the connection bet

Well put. I think there is a history of contorting facts about world to work well with moral or political goals, often well meaning. There’s the connection between homogenous Out Of Africa humanity to promote egality and fraternity, directly opposite nazi race theories. The Nazi race and culture theories were themselves contortions to support nazi political and moral agendas. Feminism did it, with the nature-nurture stuff. To some extent, gay rights did it with the “born like this slogan.” The effects on our theories of the world, popular or scientific, can outlast the political need by generations.