Selecting the most favored 5% or most plausible 5% or top 2% of the foundational beliefs of the main constituencies in a culture is not that horrible, by a long shot.
Would you mind translating that into English? Listing some specifics would help.
I have not problem with teaching a history of science course in public schools, but within a science class, there really isn't much time to wallow in Galileo's troubles, or the burning of Bruno.