In the U.S. we tend to generalize complex ideaologies such as political views into dichotomous categories. The "right" labels themself so, and everyone who disagrees must therefore be left and vice versa.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
