The clowns of reason, III

Seventy-four years ago, the great inventor Nikola Tesla accused scientists of practicing metaphysics rather than science, of engaging in ontological speculation rather than empirical experimentation. Apparently science is rather hard work, since despite Tesla's very public accusations in his letter to the New York Times, many so-called scientists today continue to demonstrate a tendency to assiduously avoid doing anything that can be legitimately described as science.

But not even Tesla could accuse Daniel Dennett of shirking his scientific responsibilities, for he is simply a professor of philosophy despite the scientific trappings that surround his books and his reputation. Still, it is interesting to note that of the three New Atheists lauded as champions of Science, only one is an actual scientist, the other two hailing from a modern discipline now better known for copious bong usage than anything intellectual.

Vox Day

I think the uncomfortable truth for those who worship at the altar of science-without-God is that most actual scientists have firm foundations in faith. In my experience, at least on the technical side of science, atheists are a very small minority. Most of the actual scientists I know or am aware of are practicing Jews or Christians. An acquaintance of mine who is also a physicist once told me that anyone who studies the universe on a mechanichal level and who does not believe in God is simply not paying attention.