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> >Anything followed blindly, unquestioned, and with no thought to 
> alternative >possibilities is going to be abused...
> 
> >Religion, science, or any other ideology

Ditto that, of course, Ray, but I suppose I find myself not putting a value 
judgement on it.  If one embraces "science" as one's only verity and 
reality, then one reaps the benefits of that position.  Technology for 
example.  
But one also misses out on quite a bit.

Here's the thing I find fascinating, those on the ragged edge (or lunatic 
fringe) of science know very well it is fallible, inconsistent, and 
contradictory and thus are inclined to allow for a greater or different 
reality than 
can be described in terms of reason and science.

The iron clad faithful are mostly those who do not necessarily understand 
the science themselves, or have a deep understanding of it, but they have 
faith that somone does, someone out there, the amophous and mysterious "they".


James