We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems: Is there a meaning to life? What are we for? What is man?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Science provides answers to deep existential questions, reducing the need for superstition.
- In plain terms
- We use science instead of superstition to find life's meaning.
- What can you take from it?
- Scientific inquiry replaces supernatural explanations for existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can science answer questions of ultimate purpose?
Another view
Science describes how things work, not necessarily why they matter.
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