"Saying that
the mental lives of a Francis Collins or a Freeman Dyson prove that
religion and science are compatible is like saying that the sex lives
of Bill Clinton or Ted Haggard prove that marriage and adultery are
compatible."
--Clay Shirky, on the (in)compatability of science and religion, from The Edge World Question for 2008 ("What have you changed your mind about?").
(Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
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