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Faith in Science
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Paul Davies had an op-ed in the New York Times, comparing scientists’ reliance “on the the assumption that nature is ordered in a rational and intelligible way” with religious faith. He wants to eschew both in favor of regarding “the laws of physics and the universe they govern as part and parcel of a unitary…
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Proof
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If you’ve been intrigued (but possibly unconvinced) by my recent arguments about induction and the nature of scientific proof, go read Sean Carroll’s riff on the distinction between belief and proof in science. When we’re discussing the existence of quarks (or superstings), this may seem a literally academic argument, but these distinctions surface in ongoing…
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Logical Proof, Scientific Proof, Religious “Proof”
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With yesterday’s article on “Faith” (vs Science) in the Guardian, and today’s London debate between bioligist Lewis Wolpert and the pseudorational William Lane Craig (previewed on the BBC’s Today show this morning), the UK seems to be the hotbed of tension between science and religion. I’ll leave it to the experts for a fuller exposition,…
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