" Science is for primary school level minds with a taste for the details.."

gee, and I thought guys like Stephen J. Gould were a wee bit above that...

"A scientist looks at a flower and sees photosynthesis, cells, pistil, stamen, petals, pollen, and a billion other little technical aspects ..."
WHICH scientist? I have met, and read, many scientists who FULLY appreciate the beauty and wonder of life and its intricacies. It is quite possible to see the poetry of the universe, and try to study it all at the same time! Methinks I detect a 'straw man' argument here, LH, me boy!