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recent study from Rice University indicates that 15% of scientists at major research universities see science and religion in constant conflict.
They interviewed a scientifically selected sample of 275 participants, pulled from a survey of 2,198 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the natural and social sciences at 21 elite U
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The conflict arises when religion tries to influence science or scientific policy, as it has a tendency to do (or vice versa, hypothetically).
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Still, Ms Aronowitz's effort to prove her point is commendable.
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It's perfectly possible to be a materialist and a determinist yet still have a religious attitude toward existence and science.
By "religious attitude" I do not mean religious in the sense people mean when they say, "I brush my teeth (or whatever) religiously." I think that some other qualities of religious feeling, like reverence, a sense of awe, a curiosity about and maybe even longing for the unknown, transcendent experiences, the understanding of being a small part of something unfathomably big and mysterious... All that can (and should, I think) be a part of scientific study.
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