It is statistics such as these: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/02/what-americans-dont-know-about-science/283864/ That give me hope for our future generations. The scientific ignorance of the past 300 years is not so strong as the mainstream media would like us to think. As this simple survey shows, a sobering number of people still know how to use their minds when confronted with a chance to regurgitate science "facts". I usually talk about science in a way that makes it seem like it is a permanent evil that our generation will never live to overcome. But through the intellectual integrity of movements like Flat Earth Theory, it is just barely possible that we could see the end of the scientific delusion in our lifetime. People aren't the mindless sheep we often take them for. And while studies like this display these facts as a wake up call to mainstream educators (one that should frighten those who base their power on the illusion of scientific dogma), it is cause for hope for those who see through the facade of scientific armchair sophistry and parlor room illusions.