Unlike what scientists claim, there is an easy proof that there are and can be marked and longstanding differences between generations.

For instance, those who experienced the Great Depression. My grandparents lived through that era and their approach to food and waste in general was markedly different than that of their children or my generation (despite my parents being a lot poorer than they were). My grandfather absolutely refused to let any food that was possibly edible be thrown away — either you’d eat it, or he would. It did not matter how unappetizing it was, or how foul-tasting, or if it was just the rind. They’d both do things like wash aluminum foil and re-use items that I don’t really consider reusable.

Now, scientists claim there are no differences but even a cursory glance at that generation finds remarkable and persistent divergences in thought, approach to life problems, and general attitudes.

Science is valuable and useful and I don’t intend to besmirch it too much. But it leads to a lot of people (including me) to distrust it when ridiculously obvious real world phenomena are claimed to not exist, and we are told that we are complete fools for believing in them.