> The way in which public considers science today is much more analogous to the way the public considered religion during the time of Galileo. Think of the way

> The way in which public considers science today is much more analogous to the way the public considered religion during the time of Galileo. Think of the way people are castigated for not believing in scientific "truths". IIRC, the term for this is "scientism," and I don't think it's restricted to just members of the general public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism