I think that there are no forces on this planet more dangerous to us all than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism, of all the species: Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as well as countless smaller infections. Is there a conflict between science and religion here? There most certainly is.

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need and fending off the causes of their dissolution.

I don't think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the handwriting on the wall that they are seeing.

Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.

AI makes philosophy honest

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.