[ExI] Science or Scientism?

[Samantha Atkins]

Surely to say it happened because of natural selection is not much
different than just saying "it happened".

I think that both science and religion are outgrowths of a very human
seeking to know, and for meaning and transcendence.  I think that
ultimately the best and most authentic of science/technology leads
inescapably to the need for all the best aspects and consideration of the
deepest questions of spirituality.   Starting with what does it mean to
wisely choose who we want to be and how we will be to others that choose
differently as we gain the ability to mold physical reality, including our
own very being, as we choose.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:16 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote (quoted)
>
> "most people do not believe in an inherent conflict between science
> and religion"
>
> Perhaps this is the case.  However, religion is an observed fact among
> one kind of primate.
>
> Science can ask:
>
> Why do people have religions?
>
> The capacity to have religions, like all behaviors, is the result of
> either direct selection or selection for something else that left
> humans with this capacity.
>
> Keith
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