Moreover, science pursues truth by inductive reasoning. Certainty can’t be achieved via inductive reasoning. Mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated there’s even uncertainty with theorems arrived at by deductive reasoning.

Moreover, skepticism lies at the foundation of the philosophy of science. People like Galileo or Feynman tell us to question authority. To proclaim current consensus as The Truth is actually anti-science.

Many of Neil’s fans and the IFLS crowd are as innumerate and scientifically illiterate as rightwing bible thumpers.