The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.
We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.
Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.
We've got paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technologies.
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory. It comprises what we know of the material world with reasonable certainty. . . . Thanks to science and technology, access to factual information of all kinds is rising exponentially.
