Thanks for that Stephen. I was in no way having a go at your original post. Our grandchildren are going to say 'what were they thinking?' or more realistically 'they were not really thinking at all!'
The scientific method overcame centuries of ignorance and superstition about three hundred years ago. Some people want to go back to that unfortunate situation if only for selfish reasons of greed and power.
Eternal viligance is the only way to combat this.
Bert
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