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Only few scientists are sincere to themselves -- most are following some ideology, and so they are highly biased...

• silentbicycle 18y ago
  Sometimes true, but science has self-correcting measures that compensate for this eventually. In contrast, religion could (in these terms) be characterized as a process in which someone has a revelation and tries to pass it on, it gradually becomes distorted through transmission, and there are recurring attempts to return to the original vision.
  • lst 18y ago
    > Sometimes true, but science has self-correcting measures that compensate for this eventually. I completely agree: but sometimes you have to wait centuries for this to happen...
    • silentbicycle 18y ago
      But it actually happens, which is pretty remarkable in light of the rest of human history.