Be aware of the stories we Think we Know best and other wisdoms

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.  “The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start (examining evolution), and then forcing nature into the straitjacket of their discredited preconceptions, lie outside the domain of science-or of any honest intellectual inquiry. “Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.” “The invalid assumption that correlation ,(complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship) implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning” Stephen Jay Gould quotes During his lifetime, Stephen Jay Gould's publications were numerous. One review of his publications between 1965 and 2000 noted 479 peer-reviewed papers, 22 books, 300 essays, and 101 major book reviews by him.[ A select number of his papers are listed online. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould