How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?

The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.

Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.

One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life. Also, I don't think that Michael Faraday would claim that the Earth is extraordinarily young.

The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs.