Over the Side With Old Scientific Tenets - NYTimes.com

Over the Side With Old Scientific Tenets - NYTimes.com: The true currency of science, after all, is not faith or even truth, but doubt. It’s hard to imagine a similar effort coming out of the College of Cardinals or the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. In science, as in democracy, everything has to be up for grabs. When the scientists and other intellectuals stop squabbling, then we will know we are in trouble.