Science and Religion

Based on a video lecture. Video lecture: YouTube Richard Feynman was a Nobel laureate in physics, a participant in the Manhattan Project, and the author of the three-volume Feynman Lectures on Physics. He has long been one of my favourite scientists, and the reason is not only the physics. What I find genuinely appealing is that on topics outside his expertise — politics, religion, economics — he always said plainly: “I don’t know much about this, it’s just my opinion, feel free to ignore it.” He never lectured people on subjects where he had no standing. In our time, this is rare. ...

Based on a video lecture. Video lecture: YouTube Today we look at one of the most important court cases in the history of American education — a case that is central for anyone seriously interested in how we draw the line between science and religion. It is usually called by the name of one of the plaintiffs: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. Dover is a small municipality in Pennsylvania. But the case quickly became a matter of national importance, debated on major television networks and in the press. ...