They Blinded Us With Science

Of Materialist Religions and Cargo Cults

For several centuries Western thought has largely focused on that which can be quantified, weighed, measured, verified, and replicated. We seek the certainty of mathematical formulas and double-blind studies. We don’t want superstition or mumbo-jumbo or deflection. All we want are the facts.

This worldview was born in the heat of a revolution or, more p…