Reply #8: Science makes some feel small, rather than empowered,

[hunter]

Thus they reject it. Superstition is easy, science is sometimes difficult. It's very easy to say God created man and instills each of us with a soul, but it is difficult to explore all the complex evolutionary pathways and ecological relationships that have caused single cells to develop into humans, from many billions of years ago, or from the moment of conception.

"I can't do that" is hammered into people at an early age, and thus they become consumers rather than makers. If they allow themselves to be makers, it is only within a very limited framework, enough for example that they can get their jobs done. The natural curiosity of the child is killed.

Of course we can't know everything, and we have only a limited time to explore the universe, but we should never be afraid of the exploration. We should nurture the curiosity within ourselves, not deny it out of fear.