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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:00 AM

God enough

We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say.
By Steve Paulson

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:31 PM

    "God" is reductionist.

    The God of traditional religions, I mean.

    There is nothing more reductionist than saying "God did it." No other explanation is needed.

    But there is no mystery to why we use the scientific process. Because it works.

    Having a concept of God is useful because it makes us feel better, and perhaps behave better. But I have yet to see it solve real-world problems. So I don't see a good reason to start mixing God and science together.

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