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> To speak candidly, I always found it irritating when Atheists and Secular "thinkers" would attack me for being religious and a scientist at the same time, as
by anamax 14y ago
> To speak candidly, I always found it irritating when Atheists and Secular "thinkers" would attack me for being religious and a scientist at the same time, as if my religion must somehow stunf my intellectual capability.
FWIW, Knuth (yes, that one) is fairly religious. Anyone want to claim that he's stunted? Be sure to include supporting evidence.
- philwelch 14y agoFWIW, computer science is like mathematics--it's largely an exercise in logic and doesn't require any deep commitment to an empirical worldview.
- anamax 14y agoI'll bite - how often does a belief in intelligent design instead of evolution matter? For example, does it matter at all to a particle physicist? How about a chemist? How about materials science? Newton thought that he'd be remembered as an alchemist....