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Tell Us Something We Didn't Know
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RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know
I know some colleagues in maths and physics who are religious. I made the observation in several cases that the religious people in theoretical physics gravitate to more formal aspects of the discipline which are not so closely connected to philosophical questions, e.g. calculational techniques, and generally have a more conservative approach to dealing with maths and theories.

(September 10, 2014 at 7:16 am)Brakeman Wrote: When I went to Universities in the '80s and '90's I worked in two different Science buildings as a student assistant, meeting many biology professors in addition to my own biology, chemistry, and physics professors and not one ever gave the slightest hint or evidence that they were religious in any way. I would say that the

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The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 9, 2014 at 8:02 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Exian - September 9, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 9, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Exian - September 9, 2014 at 8:52 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by The Valkyrie - September 9, 2014 at 8:56 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by ignoramus - September 9, 2014 at 8:25 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Polaris - September 9, 2014 at 8:32 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 9, 2014 at 8:58 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by The Valkyrie - September 9, 2014 at 8:59 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Polaris - September 9, 2014 at 9:03 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by SteelCurtain - September 9, 2014 at 9:13 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Exian - September 9, 2014 at 9:17 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Polaris - September 9, 2014 at 9:20 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Exian - September 9, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 9, 2014 at 9:23 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Polaris - September 9, 2014 at 9:28 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by ignoramus - September 9, 2014 at 11:04 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 9, 2014 at 11:13 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Polaris - September 9, 2014 at 11:19 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Cato - September 10, 2014 at 5:19 am
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Brakeman - September 10, 2014 at 7:16 am
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Alex K - September 10, 2014 at 7:18 am
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by Minimalist - September 10, 2014 at 1:03 pm
RE: Tell Us Something We Didn't Know - by vorlon13 - September 10, 2014 at 1:05 pm

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