As a species, we are blessed with a curiosity about the world of nature and our place in it. We want to know — need to know — how we came to be as we are, and what our future is.
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
