http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/richard_dawkins_on_the_awe_of_life_science.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/richard_dawkins_on_the_awe_of_life_science.html#comment-25877 Vox Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:07:38 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7034#comment-25877 Late to the party... Reflecting on the future may be "an article of faith" but it does NOT reflect upon the manner in which the sciences reveal the universe around us. A manner which is certainly not rooted in superstitions. So, Dawkin's deriding is quite safe while his belief in the scientific method's ability is based upon a stronger foundation than faith; it is based upon the advances in Human knowledge detailed in any history or science book. Late to the party…
Reflecting on the future may be “an article of faith” but it does NOT reflect upon the manner in which the sciences reveal the universe around us. A manner which is certainly not rooted in superstitions.
So, Dawkin’s deriding is quite safe while his belief in the scientific method’s ability is based upon a stronger foundation than faith; it is based upon the advances in Human knowledge detailed in any history or science book.

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/richard_dawkins_on_the_awe_of_life_science.html#comment-11722 Hanoch Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:21:18 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7034#comment-11722 Dawkins may contend that "[w]e don’t need superstition and the supernatural to explain it all." But he also concedes -- as he must -- that science is also incapable of explaining it all. He apparently believes, however, that someday science will be able to do so. That seems as much an article of "faith" as those who believe in the "superstitions" Dawkins takes so much pleasure in deriding. Dawkins may contend that “[w]e don’t need superstition and the supernatural to explain it all.” But he also concedes — as he must — that science is also incapable of explaining it all. He apparently believes, however, that someday science will be able to do so. That seems as much an article of “faith” as those who believe in the “superstitions” Dawkins takes so much pleasure in deriding.

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