Perspective on the deconstruction of science and how to rebuild our cathedrals of knowledge

Abstract Of the critical institutions that deconstructionists wish to dismantle is science. In this perspective, we document recent assaults on this venerable institution. From Galileo’s Renaissance through the twentieth century and the Scopes trial, superstition and religious dogma won over reason in battles between religion and science. Even though Galileo’s inquisition occurred 400 years ago, science is still under attack today in the twenty-first century. While one may dismiss or excuse the older examples of science’s devaluation on the basis that science was not an accepted source of knowledge at the time, present-day challenges are more problematic and disturbing.