Science!
Any discussion about the merits of science (in order to be clarifying) requires a distinction between science as a method of inquiry … and science as a dogmatic system of belief.
Scientific Materialism is a great example of the latter. It discounts, out of hand, any hypothesis that is “outside the box” of its assumptions. Sounds like a cult to me!
For example, the idea that consciousness is impossible without a physical body is simply dismissed out of hand … EVEN though, there is A LOT of evidence to support further investigation.
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A GREAT book on this subject is SCIENCE SET FREE, by Rupert Sheldrake:
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Set-Free-Paths…/…/ref=sr_1_1…
The THOUGHT POLICE shut him down, even though he is a highly credentialed physicist. TED took down his great TED-Talk, but you can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg
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