I mean, that’s what religious ultra conservative fundamentalism does. It posits a static, eternal, knowable world, where everyone has a specific place and ther

I mean, that’s what religious ultra conservative fundamentalism does. It posits a static, eternal, knowable world, where everyone has a specific place and there is no need for change. And new ideas are mostly seen as a threat to that stability. Why would that society produce science? Our own ultra conservatives are too few to get such a permanent headlock on society.