“I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination”
Paul Dirac 1927
The quote I used above is from an account of a conversation between several of the leading physicists of the 20th century at the Solvay conference in 1927. See here for a full account: https://www.edge.org/conversation/science-and-religion
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“I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination”
Paul Dirac 1927
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so we have to contradictory statements Andy! Any idea why?
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As far as I can see after a bit of interweb rummaging, Dirac used the idea of God as a metaphor for nature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac#Religious_views
The quote I used above is from an account of a conversation between several of the leading physicists of the 20th century at the Solvay conference in 1927. See here for a full account:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/science-and-religion
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