Science will prevail, hopefully in time…
I can't stop thinking about the following short video featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson titled "Science in America" that I recently posted to social media. It's incredibly powerful and I ask you to watch it if you haven't already done so. It's impossible for me to be more eloquent or passionate than Dr. Tyson. His explanation of the scientific method's self correcting mechanisms is poignant. Hell, it's worth watching again so go ahead. I've watched this video several times and I found myself getting angrier and angrier each time I did. How can we as a nation so casually ignore scientifically proven theories? But then it dawned on me, people aren’t ignoring all science. They've chosen to question only those theories that challenge their personal beliefs or economic interests. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity or the completely bizarre sub-atomic world described by Quantum Mechanics are not being widely challenged. Let’s f...