Spot on observation regarding the decline in our faith in science (“Finding ways to rekindle faith in science,” March 5). I see it, however, as just a single aspect of a much larger movement: the move to dismantle the civilization created, since the Renaissance, based on the values and actions predominantly of dead European males.
Our relationships, our work and entertainment, our spiritual ideas, our family and social organization, our education systems, our politics (personal up to global), our economic concepts – everywhere the mantra is “be an agent for change.” In every aspect of our lives, the zeitgeist is one of “out with the old, in with the new.” The default mindset is conservatism is undesirable whereas change, indeed revolution, is desirable.
So, given science was one of the cornerstones of the post-Renaissance civilization, it makes sense it too is under assault.
What I find particularly fascinating is to be witness to a time in history when a civilization is being dismantled, mainly from within, with so many (including many whose lives presently are very comfortable) oblivious to the implications of what we are engaged in.
Alex Lutz
Alumnus
London