A Comment on “Real Science”

Re: the meme here, a reader notes:

Modern science is religion. If you know what the scientific method entails and how the method is used, you will be able to call out the scammers. Since the 30s science has died. It is sad, what people call science now days. Science is a word that automatically adds credibility, while completely staying away from real science.

Thanks for this.  I’ll try to remember to pass this along to my friends in the biologic and physical sciences, who represent a tiny fraction of the many millions of those who are working feverishly around the globe to make our lives longer, healthier, better informed, and more productive.

Sorry for the sarcasm, but I get this constantly, given that I interview climate scientists and report on their work.  It never ceases to amaze me how people with no training in a subject are so harshly critical of our most distinguished intellects. This is what Arthur C. Clarke referred to as the American “cult of ignorance.”