Where would we be without science?
Science has brought us out of the stone ages
And through the dark ages
Into a world lit up by electric light bulbs,
A world on the move in gas powered cars
Assembled by robots in vast automated factories,
A world sanitized by disinfecting chemicals,
Fed by fields nutured by chemical fertilizers
And protected by chemical insecticides and fungicides,
All developed by scientists in their scientific labs.
A world running on wheels down metal tracks
Towards a future we could hardly dream of.
We wouldn't even know where we came from
If scientists hadn't studied those fossilized footprints
Or deciphered those ancient hyrogliphics
And carbon dated the remnants of those caves.
But thanks to science, we've figured out evolution.
We've evolved into what we are now.
Data driven purveyors of internet connected
Social media websites.
Before we had science, we had to rely on Providence.
Now, we just order things from the online app.
Without science, we would still be at the mercy of unexplained phenomenon,
The finger of God.
But in many ways now, through science,
We've become our own gods.
We don't have to accept things the way they are.
We no longer have to pray for rain,
We don't have to depend on hard work or faith
To move mountains, or walk on water,
Or even reach eternal life.
Scientists have become our shamens, our witch doctors.
Science is our religion now.
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