A Quote from Hicks' Book

Yes, I've kinda trashed on him. But his description of the postmodern critique on science is something I wish to share:

Whether science and technology are good for all, extending our knowledge of the universe and making the world healthier, cleaner, and more productive – or whether science betrays its elitism, sexism, and destructiveness by making the speed of light the fastest phenomenon, thereby unfairly privileging it over other speeds – by having chosen the phallic symbol i to represent the square root of negative one – by asserting its desire to "conquer" nature and "penetrate" her secrets – and, having done so, by having its technology consummate the rape by building bigger and longer missiles to blow things up.

--Stephen Hicks, Explaining Postmodernism. Pg 19.