"We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment to materialism. We cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door."

Source : "Billions and Billions of Demons" by Richard C. Lewontin, www.nybooks.com. January 9, 1997.

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