re: #172 Charles

That’s nothing but pure anti-science bullshit.

Really? Let’s take it point by point:

“Thank god scientists mostly don’t give a crap what the lay public think of them…”

Priests, ditto.

“…though if they gave more of a crap, they’d be better able to defend against transparent attacks on them.”

Priests, ditto.

“Then they’d be worse scientists.”

Priests, ditto.

Please do not misconstrue this Chestertonian guffaw as an attack on scientists. And especially not on priests.