And no, I’m not seriously proposing that we try to reverse the last five hundred years of openness and classify all the science secret. At least, not at the moment.
...I’m telling you about this vision of an alternate Earth, so that you give science equal treatment with cults. So that you don’t undervalue scientific truth when you learn it, just because it doesn’t seem to be protected appropriately to its value. Imagine the robes and masks. Visualize yourself creeping into the vaults and stealing the Lost Knowledge of Newton.
Um, how recently did you read the linked post?
(emphasis in original)
Recently enough that your earlier MoR reference seems equally as flawed now.
...OK, what does the last sentence of the post actually mean? (Shouldn’t “I am great” be the default interpretation? ^_^)