werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) (03/21/88)
"If Science be Religion, then it is indeed a religion whose Gospels
can be revised with every weekly edition of Nature."
-Max Casweir
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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."michaelm@vax.3Com.Com (Michael McNeil) (03/23/88)
In article <1687@aecom.YU.EDU> werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) writes: > > "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 {hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|tolerant|allegra|glacier|olhqma} !oliveb!3comvax!michaelm Science is fact and thought giving strength to one another. Jacob Bronowski, *The Common Sense of Science*, 1967