Science, right from the beginning of the modern enterprise, was allotted the role that the Church had previously claimed for itself: the primary guide to truth, and the enlightener of humanity. More than a method, it was a faith. It remains one today, which is why arguments around scientific questions, from COVID to climate change, are often so vexed and divisive. Each of us wants to claim the mantle of 'science' for our perspective because of the authority it bestows. 'Follow the Science' usually translates in practice as 'follow me'.
-Paul Kingsnorth, Against the Machine
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