Science Owes Us An Apology

After 2020, science is going to need to come bearing gifts.

On a rain-soaked day, thousands marched on Washington DC to fight for science funding and scientific analysis in politics. April 30, 2017. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash.

Was 2020 the year mankind was finally blinded by science?

Other historic years have boasted scientific achievements that changed the world and the future.

Electricity was a big one. The internal combustion engine was another. The man who invented anesthesia has his own statue in the U.S. Capitol, as well he…