Science junkie that I am, I enjoy reading science articles written for laymen like me, the titles of which might be "Science for Idiots" or something like that.  Being informed about science, and being able to think rationally, are interlinked, in my view. You might think scientists, especially renowned physicists and cosmologists, would be solidly objective, dispassionate seekers of truth (or, as they prefer to call it, facts).  I like to think most of them are.  We might be wrong about that. If we are, that portends a serious flaw in a great institution.  Upon that institution depends much of our intellectual capital, and therefrom, our future technological ability — to survive as a world power.  If the great scientists are so blinded by personal opinion that their blindness hampers their scientific judgment, we are in trouble. I recently viewed an online lecture by a well known physicist, Dr. Lawrence...(Read Full Post)