This is a prime example of politicized science, of which I'd imagined Einstein as being rather dismissive previously, UCANSEE2. Perhaps I should have been more specific. The revulsion is invariably directed at validating any Christian religious precept.
The faux religiosity of Gore and those like him has been cloaked with science for decades, with the acquiescence of scientists, precisely because it's hostile to the dominant religious paradigm in the dominant, nonsocialist nation of the world. This is just a logical progression, from mere avoidance, to outright advocacy in opposition. Poltical activism, in other words.
As such it's not science, despite the widespread derision of anyone in science who dared to question the so-called "consensus" up to, what, last year, when the whole charade began to publicly fall apart, due to a few brave souls within the "climate change" apparatus beginning to surreptitiously release internal communications detailing the scale of the fraud, perpetrated via ommission and/or manipulation of data?
Omission and manipulation of data ... seems this was mentioned upthread, wasn't it?
What revulsion? I stated that religion could and has had an effect on changes in world-awareness, whether it be astronomy or oceanography. The professional society and philosophers have also had the same 'restraining' effect when someone proposes new 'beliefs' or 'theories'. It is going on today with the Global Warming Issue.
It has happened, it is happening now, and it will likely ever be that way. People are very resistant to a change in their matrix, whether it be a change to their religious, or their scientific viewpoint.
The real issue is not science, not religion, not morality.
The issue is, people are stubborn, and what they believe about the past can be quite at odds with the reality of the past.
I thought this was what the article was about. Guess I'm wrong.
You mean in this part? "Why Galileo was Wrong, Even Though He was Right"
And that's just what they've done lately. Imagine what they did back when they could get away with it easier.