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The way in which public considers science today is much more analogous to the way the public considered religion during the time of Galileo. Yes; and, it's wea
by eplanit 8y ago
The way in which public considers science today is much more analogous to the way the public considered religion during the time of Galileo.
Yes; and, it's weaponized for political discourse. It's as though we're in some kind of new Puritan era -- this reminds me of how John Cleese was blasted for tweeting on this very topic (3 years ago)[1]. He blasphemed.
[1] https://twitter.com/johncleese/status/683681888687538177?lang=en https://twitter.com/johncleese/status/683681888687538177?lan...
- tannerbrockwell 8y agoSo good it must be quoted in it's entirety: "I would like 2016 to be the year when people remembered that science is a method of investigation,and NOT a belief system" @JohnCleese [1] 8:10 AM - 3 Jan 2016 [2] [1] https://twitter.com/JohnCleese https://twitter.com/JohnCleese [2] https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/683681888687538177 https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/683681888687538177