A Special Status for Science?

Over at The Atlantic, Paul Bloom, the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology at Yale University, writes about the differences between science and religion -- their epistemological roots. As David Klinghoffer noted earlier, Bloom's particular thesis is that science should be given special status because its basis is in experimental fact rather than belief in an authority.

He begins by saying that most of us would be hard pressed to give reasons for our beliefs about religion, politi...