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> I have never heard the word “God” mentioned in a scientific meeting. Belief or nonbelief in God is irrelevant to our understanding of the workings of nature
by unmole 11y ago
> I have never heard the word “God” mentioned in a scientific meeting. Belief or nonbelief in God is irrelevant to our understanding of the workings of nature
The second part is key here. Whatever connection 'plenty of scientists' see between faith and science, it has no place at a scientific conference. That aside, calling someone a bigot or some other label in order to distract from the actual topic at hand is hardly productive. Like he says at the end:
> If that is what causes someone to be called a militant atheist, then no scientist should be ashamed of the label.
- PascLeRasc 11y ago> Whatever connection 'plenty of scientists' see between faith and science, it has no place at a scientific conference. I'm assuming that you mean that non-science has no place at a science conference. Scientists who see a connection between faith and science will see that as science, which is why it's as important to them as a type of protein folding or particle decay might be to someone else.
- jeremysmyth 11y agoScientists who see a connection between faith and science will see that as science Only if such a connection is documentable, predictable, hypothesizable, and reproduceable. Calling anything else "science" is diluting the word. (apologies to string theorists: https://xkcd.com/171/ https://xkcd.com/171/ )
- sp332 11y agoScientists still talk about food, art, ethics, and so on. They just avoid talking about religion.