In one of the clearest discussions of the history of science and religion I have ever heard, Cal Tech Physicist Sean Carroll explains in 10 minutes how the progress of science has led to the view that nothing exists beyond the natural universe…
The Case For Naturalism
Sean Carroll | YouTube | March 12
Opening statement by Sean Carroll at “The Great Debate: Has Science Refuted Religion?”, sponsored by the Skeptic Society on 25 March 2012. Other participants in the debate were Michael Shermer, Dinesh D’Souza, and Ian Hutchinson. The entire debate can be seen at this YouTube address.
________________________________________________________________________________ Sean Michael Carroll, PhD is a senior research associate in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He is a theoretical cosmologist specializing in dark energy and general relativity. He is also a contributor to the physics blog Cosmic Variance, and has published in scientific journals and magazines such as Nature, Seed, Sky & Telescope, and New Scientist.
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