Nothing makes sense until you make sense of it.

Fear, Intelligence and Superstition

Fear has the power to eradicate any advantage that intelligence provides over superstition. How else do you explain the reluctance among the scientific community to accept that the growth and development of humanity is not a random process? They accept that the process from conception to death is not random. They accept that the universe follows a set of rules. They agree that the oceans heal themselves. But the moment one suggests that the development of the human race follows a set of instructions, the response is that this is metaphysical or philosophical and outside of the scope of science. The only possible explanation is the fear of being accused of accepting the influence of God. Intelligence has been overcome by superstition.

Scientists hold the key to the future of humanity because they, more than most of the rest of us, understand that the nature of a thing determines its behavior. Scientists need to remind us of what we seem to have forgotten, that humans are also one of those "things" of nature. It is our nature that determines our behavior. Training does not change our nature; it only changes our behavior and only temporarily. If we really want to change our behavior we need to find a way to change our nature. It must be possible to change our nature because we would not feel the need to change our behavior if it were not possible.

Notice that the key is not in what scientists can do but in what they must get us to believe.