While I think you make good points, I also think that the tenor is much too pessimistic. Democracy and liberty did happen, and spread around the world. So did t

While I think you make good points, I also think that the tenor is much too pessimistic. Democracy and liberty did happen, and spread around the world. So did the prosperity of free markets. Civil rights for minorities and women did happen, and many more things. I'm not sure how much of that depended on scientists.