If modern science says it’s true then it’s true. Throughout history modern science once stated the earth is flat, modern science dictated to the ancient Incas to sacrifice young virgins to make sure the sun rises. In the pre Civil War era, the modern science of that time warned about the dangers of RR travel, stating that the human body cannot withstand sustained speeds over 30MPH. I recently went to the Baseball Hall of Fmae in Cooperstown, NY. They have an exhibit of the old Negro Leagues. It was very interesting, surprisingly none of the PC nonesense you would expect. One thing that I pemember they had an exerpt from a scientific journal from the 1940’s. It stated that the major leagues should not be integrated because Blacks are athletically INFERIOR to Whites! This is what the “modern science” of that time claimed. Apparantly, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Elston Howard, Ernie Banks, etc. did not receive that memo.
I hear you and agree with most of what your saying. The only thing I disagree with is that the Incas sacrificed their virgins in the name of science. Before the fallout of World War II, eugenics was big science and strongly connected to Darwinism. Thanks to the Nazi experiment, there has been a big repentance on this. However, the very things that Timothy Birdnow brings up in his article about progressive science could be characterized as a soft form of eugenics. Eugenics as practices under the Nazis was the most extreme form of social engineering and social planning.