“We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.”
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.