Neil Degrasse Tyson Rationalia Report

The Rationalia proposal is an idea of creating a virtual country in the earth where members would embrace rational thinking in all their conduct and policies. The proposal comes from a scientist named Neil deGrasse Tyson who laments of how policies are made in a manner that is irrational in the modern world. According to Tyson (2016, August 7), Rationalia would be a place where any before any policy is implemented; there must exist convincing evidence in support of the idea. This concept would be stipulated in the constitution of Rationalia. Tyson in his proposal also claims that the science of human behavior would be the top priority and would be heavily funded. This is because understanding human behavior plays a significant role on how people interact. The proposal also says that everyone would undergo training from a young age so as to know how to analyze, interpret and draw conclusions from evidence and as a result be able to spot bullshit at a heightened capacity. However, although there would be freedom to act irrational and even practice religion, the
The article claims that by nature, it is impossible for science and religion to conflict primarily because their individual concerns are entirely distinct. This, however, brings about the debate of the role of both religion and science in our society. Religion I mainly faith based and is illogical, that does not require evidence. Science, on the other hand, is logical and is purely based on actual evidence. Many have criticized this idea on nonoverlapping magisteria claiming it holds no basis. For instance, given that both science and religion has different stories on how the earth came to exist, are they both teaching different domains? The debate lies on whether or not science and religion can co-exist without overlapping or