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unfortunately, if IDer philosophy supplats scientific rational, then we may well be looking at people being elected that have such a theological bent that if you do not subscribe to their beliefs you will be an underclass of society. But then again, if science is scrapped for the sake of religion, thee will be plenty of other developed countires where someone with a strong technical and/or scientific background can flourish. After all, once the U.S. discards science, it will no longer be able to sustain itself as a strong country.

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Most unfortunately, you are correct. When a nation, or religion, discards objectivity they go the way of modern Islam or communist Russia.

Oe may argue that technlogy is safe even if science is not, but having a set of blinders installed at a young age limits the ability to progress in all areas.