The myth of infallibity

During the historical period known as Modernism, science achieved an unprecedented intellectual apotheosis, plus, as a direct result of the supposed 'factual' basis of science it also succesfully superseded 'religious faith'  in its evolutionary quest to conquer both the intellectual and moral high ground.

Unfortunately (for science) many of its 'high priests' (in their white coats) have recently been unmasked and exposed as little more than charlatans and voodoo practitioners thus undermining the here-to-fore unquestioning faith of the unsceptical mob. However, this breakdown in moral superiority has not led to a return to the reasonable and objective responses one might have hoped for, on the contrary, the unsceptical mob now appear to believe in any and all wild imaginings that the Internet might care to regurgitate and the 'scientists' who held the previously unassailable authority have resorted to strong arm tactics to maintain their power bases:

Another warmist backs a one-world government, Andrew Bolt –, Monday, March, 19, 2012, (11:28am)

Gary Stix, an editor at Scientific American, recommends a strong world government that can crush local democracy and whip up a permanent fear campaign:

To be effective, a new set of institutions would have to be imbued with heavy-handed, transnational enforcement powers.

That 20th century prophet Nietzsche called it; 'the will to power'.