>>You're arguments, if I understood them correctly, speak to a state of human culture that HAS ALREADY made science one of its cultural norms, but not yet a dominant one. IMHO, the human cultural norms of this era are in fact in conflict, over which cultural norm better reflects "reality".<<
Vinter -
I would submit that outside the United States, the human cultural norm has come down decidedly in the science camp. Among the developed nations, as an example, this is the only one where slightly more than 50% of the population has serious questions about the validity of the Theory of Evolution. Pretty much everywhere else, people have accepted the fact that not just one, but many different branches of science have validated the theory. Paleontology, zoology, biology, chemistry, genetics, and geology, to name a few, have confirmed it via observable evidence.
The trial is over. The jury has come in and returned a verdict. But for some reason, certain groups in our country are still insisting on believing that there's some kind of controversy. If there is, it's only because they're perpetuating it.
- Allen |
