As the darkness turns to light this morning, I am reminded of those who struggled to convince the religious powers that be to accept a solar-centric world view. When we refer to the dawning as a "sunrise" we are lapsing back to those times when opposition to the fundamentalist belief system might have meant facing a torturous death for science based thinkers. Although, the penalty has softened somewhat today, the science deniers are just as stubborn in holding on to their false and misleading beliefs. The stakes in this game of self deception are greater today as human kind continues to toast our planet into lifelessness. We must provide stronger support for good science if we hope to turn this disastrous trend around.