Is the age of enlightenment ending?

• Siren song symptoms for ages of enlightenment

  • Religion replaces science as the basis for public belief
    • 'justice' reflects specific religious views and dogmas
  • Degradation in personal freedoms
    • Fear of expressing beliefs with shunning as punishment
    • Blackballing, back room politics, unlimited search/seizure
  • Secrets dominates public decisions
    • Courts make rulings based on secret science
    • 'Trust us' explanations of actions by high office holders
    • Media falls under control of small number of people
  • Degradation of educational system
    • Defamation of educated - Degraded as 'academics' - Arrests

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