Folks like RD like to invoke "Copernican revolution" in support of materialistic notions of human nature. But they use this term uncritically. Even the Copernican revolution's overturning of one feature of our common sense (the notion that the sun goes around the earth) relied upon other common sense notions. The same is true for any scientific revolution: to appreciate its continuity with the past one must.... (to be continued: going to ice cream with daughter)
Commentary and discussion regarding science, faith and culture by Leo White