He uses every word in his paean to modern science except churn. But, in terms of the intellect, that's precisely what's going on. Ah, the spirit of Sir Arthur Eddington is alive. We must take Eddington's perceptiveness and apply it to leaders. I will never forget my freshman college course in Logic 101.
All philosophers are bananas.
Aristotle is a philosopher. Therefore, Aristotle is a banana. I'd yell at my fellow students, gathering scornful looks from the librarians. And, if one could accept the premises, the logic holds. Today, I have found myself many a time in the throes of such mental gyrations.