The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.
From Lawrence M. Krauss
For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.
Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing.
The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua.
When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?
When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile.
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