Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.
About Warren Weaver
Warren Weaverwas an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States.
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Science is not gadgetry.
American mathematician (1894-1978)
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.
American mathematician (1894-1978)
We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
American mathematician (1894-1978)