“There are many people who do view scientific research as alienating from religion and from God, and when so many people do, there must be some reason for it.” PeopleReasonViewsResearchScientific Research Author:George Coyne
“However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused people to sort of say, what if we could establish religion on that same successful basis? What if we could have a good rational foundation for religious belief. What if religion could be sort of like science. Of course, that can't be.” PeopleIfsLawCoursesBeliefReligiousSuccessfulBasesFoundationRationalObservationEtcWhat IfGravityNewtonReligious BeliefGreat SuccessNewton's Laws Author:George Coyne
“People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science doesn't deserve having a bad name for.” PeopleSometimesNamesIssuesPureResearchDeserveTechnologicalScientific Research Author:George Coyne