That is a very interesting view. It just so happens that these "bunch of blind men going around" have put man on the moon, invented life saving vaccines and medicine, allow us to travel by planes over vast distances and allow us to express such views by typing a message on a computer and have it transmitted close to the speed of light to be read by millions of other people.Rui Sousa wrote: This is extremely useful when we have no idea where to go, everything is unknown to all of us, and a few are leading the way into knowledge. Since we are all following the lead scouts (the scientists) we don't really have an option but to accept what they tells us, and turn back when told "Sorry, this is a dead end, we were wrong, but please trust us again as we go that way.". Just a bunch of blind men going around until someone hits something, like Fleming leaving is window opened and discovering that fungus kill bacteria ...
See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_ ... _discovery
Funny thing is that I have seen people who hold such opinions (rui, please don't take this as a personal attack I am referring to people I have personally known) and end up getting rushed to the hospital seem to have no qualms about science and are more than eager to follow the "lead scouts" in this case doctors on what is wrong with them.
--DarkDream