The religion of science.

You probably thought the Flat Earth Society was defunct but you're wrong. You'd be amazed how scientifically ignorant a large proportion of the population really is. If we are comparable to Britain, and I think we probably are, public opinion polls indicate that only four percent of the population regard themselves as knowledgeable in science and one third of the public still believe the sun goes around the earth.

These people, almost without exception, are very religious and anti-science but some scientists question what is called the "religionofscience,"whichisatheistic. This religion assumes that science will eventually discover …