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Jerry Coyne - Understanding reality, in the sense of...
Understanding reality, in the sense of being able to use what we know to predict what we don't, is best achieved using the tools of science, and is never achieved using the methods of faith. That is attested by the acknowledged success of science in telling us about everything from the smallest bits of matter to the origin of the universe itself-compared with the abject failure of religion to tell us anything about gods, including whether they exist. (Jerry Coyne)

Understanding reality, in the sense of being able to use what we know to predict what we don't, is best achieved using the tools of science, and is never achieved using the methods of faith. That is attested by the acknowledged success of science in telling us about everything from the smallest bits of matter to the origin of the universe itself-compared with the abject failure of religion to tell us anything about gods, including whether they exist.

Jerry Coyne

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