Micro,

Just to be clear, science is not political. Science is a systematic process to obtain reliable information about things. Some people with political interests try to subvert science to a political agenda, but science has no agenda other than obtaining reliable information.

It wasn't science that said the world was flat; it was superstitious people. Probably the same about not taking bathes and the blanket covering the earth. You will improve your credibility by not attributing things to science that were not developed scientifically. However, your credibility in circles governed by fundy or superstitious beliefs will suffer.

Some of us science types are a bit sensitive about the mischaracterization of science.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.