Science is adorable

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Not only that, but the malarial resurgence can be attributed to it, too.

Although some people with overly rigid ideological biases and calcified, dogmatic mental processes may believe everything is black and white with easily definable "good" and "bad" guys, the fact is, there are shades of grey on many of these matters.

The EPA is an important accomplishment, and R. Carson did some important work; but, again, some of the dogma needs to be re-examined in light of new scientific information. Science challenges dogmas and updates ideas based upon new information. Religious fundamentalism and other forms of ideological bullying, on the other hand, tend to hold on to old, tired, discredited ideas for way too long. Decades, or even more.

Sadly, when some people get older they find it increasingly difficult to adapt to new information, and often this will lead to friction with younger people, who see them as bizarrely out of touch, even.