...from the official lexicon of the ZOOTOPOSPHERE:
FREETHINKING refers to an inclination to form one's own opinions rather than depend upon authority, especially about social, political and religious issues; a strong desire to exhibit boldness of speculation and be skeptical of authority; and a willingness to oppose and supplant the mythological narratives of the past and the dogmas of the present with a commitment to promoting science and the arts, freedom of inquiry tempered by the power of reason, and an unflinching embrace of scientific-humanist values: Biologist E. O. Wilson claimed scientific-humanism to be "the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature".
