Abstract
Imagine a world in which the practice of science is primarily qualitative. A world where the highest use of science is seen as that of supporting one group's interpretation of secondary references in an ancient and honorable book on ethics. A world in which the primary rule of science, "assume no supernatural, is replaced by its exact opposite, and God-of-the-Gaps is an adequate explanation. A world where only two concepts of life's origins are thinkable: God-caused ex-nihilo appearance in six days, or accidental development with no outside intelligent involvement.