Why is a such a strong supporter of science attacking science? (Well, he's not, of course.) Rather, Wilson confronts a major disease infecting the scientific community: ;Fundamentalist Materialism.; In his incisive and witty style, he brilliantly skewers those third rate scientists who try to fob off fourth rate garbage as science while using the same tactics as any religious Fundamentalist. ;By New Inquisition I mean certain habits of repression and intimidation that are becoming increasingly commonplace in the scientific community today. This book is deliberately shocking because I do not want its ideas to seem any less startling than they are.;