People like Sagan, while propped up and spoken highly of by the left, are actually pretty far from being what the left wants them to be. They preached free-thinking, questioning the norm, and bettering yourself through learning. All of those things, if practiced today, destroy 99% of the myths propagated by the left, and they know it, but they can't condemn those men for obvious reasons.
The Science™ Cult has Official Tenets that must always be obeyed.
Clergy in White Coats ("Scientific Experts") promote the Cult Tenets to the Unwashed Masses.
If anyone questions The Science™, they are labeled as a Heretic ("Anti-Science" or "Anti-Vaxxer"), excommunicated and financially ruined ("Cancelled").
The only way a Heretic can be reintegrated back into the Cult is to publicly atone themselves and promise never to do it again.
So much for the love of academic sharing and teaching the unwashed masses, like men like Sagan and Gould used to preach in their pop-sci books.
People like Sagan, while propped up and spoken highly of by the left, are actually pretty far from being what the left wants them to be. They preached free-thinking, questioning the norm, and bettering yourself through learning. All of those things, if practiced today, destroy 99% of the myths propagated by the left, and they know it, but they can't condemn those men for obvious reasons.
Science has become The Science™ and it's now religion. Can't let the plebs read it themselves, have to pass down the knowledge only from priests.
The Science™ Cult has Official Tenets that must always be obeyed.
Clergy in White Coats ("Scientific Experts") promote the Cult Tenets to the Unwashed Masses.
If anyone questions The Science™, they are labeled as a Heretic ("Anti-Science" or "Anti-Vaxxer"), excommunicated and financially ruined ("Cancelled").
The only way a Heretic can be reintegrated back into the Cult is to publicly atone themselves and promise never to do it again.