I think we can all agree that scientists, being a subset of people, are all kinds of things. Some are open-minded, some are closed. Some are cool, some are *****. Some are black, white, grey, straight, gay, Republican, Democrat, lefties, righties, etc. I reject the notion that because they are scientists they're one way or another. Science gives them a framework they can apply to the world, but it doesn't make them demigods or in anyway superior to those of us who chose other directions in their