How do you think without him we wouldn't have science??? Before Descartes there were a lot of people in scientific fields, one of which knew DesCartes, Galileo who we all know was condemned by the Church for teaching Copernicanism... which essentially is science.

Also, before 300b.c.e. there were philosophers thinking the universe was made of one single element, or one single "stuff", which back then was thought to be, by one, water... little did they know, this would turn out to be called an atom.

Descartes' work is priceless, but I wouldn't say that if it weren't for it we would not have science. That's silly.

The way we live today... I'm guessing this means, the way most people live today... and most people in America, because really all I can say I "know" is America, Mexico, and Canada...

I have to say... Jesus?

I haven't read much by Karl yet, but I've been meaning to pick up the Communist Manifesto.

"Moreso than Jesus, the Christian right cowers before the second coming of Karl Marx"

Ha, the second coming of Marx would probably kick off the end of times.