If rationalism is out and mysticism is in, then there is no sense in using applied science to attempt to solve the world's problems, large or small. If the results of actions cannot be scientifically predicted, then we are better off appeasing our gods, keeping our heads down, tugging our forelocks and hoping for the best. Much of what currently appears to be fortean in the mass media is, I'm suggesting, forteanism's mirror image. Belief and disbelief have always been the enemies of understanding. We need a Campaign For Real Forteanism to prevent a perverted, abducted version of scepticism being used to replace one unscientific orthodoxy with another.
Rationalism is the keystone of all our freedoms.
It is also, in its purest and most generous sense, the keystone of forteanism.