In God's body shop, each of us was customized. But science came along to substitute statistical inference for free will. We are now a tribe of likelihoods.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author contrasts the idea of divine customization with scientific statistical inference. He suggests science reduces people to probabilities.
- In plain terms
- Science replaces the idea of unique design with statistics.
- What can you take from it?
- Consider how science views human individuality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are we unique or just statistical likelihoods?
- Does science remove free will?
Another view
Science does not necessarily deny individuality.
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