If Science be Religion, then ....

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2 total messages Started by Craig Werner Sun, 20 Mar 1988 19:02

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Author: Craig Werner
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1988 19:02

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	"If Science be Religion, then it is indeed a religion whose Gospels
can be revised with every weekly edition of Nature."
				-Max Casweir
-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 3.5 years down, 3.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
                  "Doonesbury is more important than self-respect."

Re: If Science be Religion, then ....

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Author: Michael McNeil
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1988 16:16

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In article <1687@aecom.YU.EDU> werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) writes:
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>	"If Science be Religion, then it is indeed a religion whose Gospels
>can be revised with every weekly edition of Nature."

I like the quotation, attributed I believe to Arthur Clarke, that says:
	"Science is the magic that works."  

Paraphrasing slightly to fit the current topic, I might also put it:
	"Science is the religion that works."

... In the sense that religion often describes "miracles," but these
always seem to be elsewhere when the cameras are around.  Science's
magic carpets fly us around the world, to the depths of the sea, and
to the veritable heavens.  Admittedly, science hasn't made as much
progress in the social and psychological arena, but some problems
are simply harder and take longer -- and we're all so impatient.

Michael McNeil
3Com Corporation
Santa Clara, California
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	Science is fact and thought giving strength to one another.
		Jacob Bronowski, *The Common Sense of Science*, 1967

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