Let's assume for moment that the foundations of science are in error. By error I mean irrelevant, unpatriotic, or simply serving the interests of the powerful elite. Let's assume science didn't make such a profound difference in our lives. By thinking this way, we could save ourselves the troubles of trying to understand something that is so complex, highly mathematical, and abstract. By thinking this way, we would remove the naming power that scientist so …showed first 75 words of 2383 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2383 total…in society and I imagine it's easy for them to forget this. If a person goes there entire professional life unchallenged, then it's easy to loose sight of a modest attitude. It's true that a critic of science can see the social effect of a certain claim or discovery, but to truly understand where the claim or discovery is coming from, the critic must consider the scientist as a human as well as an intellectual.