Dear Scientists,

Science can be a dangerous thing. People like to keep things the way they are–beliefs, rules, the way things have been–and science can chip away at those things.

And science shows us that there’s a lot more going on than what we see with our own eyes. And that can be a scary thing. It sure seems like the sun moves around the Earth, and we have a lot of stories about how important humans are, so if someone comes along with a telescope and says the Earth actually moves around the sun, people get scared. And they just might put you under house arrest!

But the truth is worth it.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck