The trouble with a ‘scientific’ argument, of course, is that it is not made in the real world, but in a laboratory by an unimaginative academic relying solely on empirical facts.

The choice quote from A. N. Wilson’s anti-science tour de farce on the Daily Mail site. It’s called “Yes, scientists do much good. But a country run by these arrogant gods of certainty would truly be hell on earth”. No, really.

1300 words, two of which are ‘Hitler’ (also, two mentions of ‘Nazi’ and one of ‘Soviet Russia’.)

Via. Simon Willison