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Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science." He
formed a spectrum of sciences ranging from those he considered scientif-
ic to those he considered unscientific. According to Zuckerman’s spec-
trum, the most "scientific"–that is, depending on concrete data–fields of
science are chemistry and physics. After them come the biological scien-
ces and then the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is
the part considered to be most "unscientific," are "extra-sensory percep-

tion"–concepts such as telepathy and sixth sense–and finally "human ev-
olution." Zuckerman explains his reasoning:
We then move right off the register of objective truth into those fields of pre-
sumed biological science, like extrasensory perception or the interpretation
of man's fossil history, where to the faithful (evolutionist) anything is pos-
sible - and where the ardent believer (in evolution) is sometimes able to be-
lieve several contradictory things at the same time. 37

The tale of human evolution boils down to nothing but the preju-
diced interpretations of some fossils unearthed by certain people, who
blindly adhere to their theory.

A Materialist Faith

The information we have presented so far shows us that the theory
of evolution is a claim evidently at variance with scientific findings. The
theory’s claim on the origin of life is inconsistent with science, the evolu-
tionary mechanisms it proposes have no evolutionary power, and fossils
demonstrate that the intermediate forms required by the theory never ex-
isted. So, it certainly follows that the theory of evolution should be push-
ed aside as an unscientific idea. This is how many ideas such as the earth-
centered universe model have been taken out of the agenda of science
throughout history.

However, the theory of evolution is pressingly kept on the agenda of
science. Some people even try to represent criticisms directed against the
theory as an "attack on science." Why?