Quote by Rupert Sheldrake on Human Weaknesses in Religion and Science

„In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.“

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Rupert Sheldrake is a British biologist and author known for his unconventional theories on morphogenesis and criticism of scientific materialism.

This quote reflects human weaknesses that can occur in both religion and science.


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Rupert Sheldrake quote about human failings in religion and science

Rupert Sheldrake is a British biologist, author, and parapsychologist known for his controversial ideas on morphogenesis and his critique of dogmatic scientific understanding. He studied natural sciences at Cambridge and earned a PhD in biochemistry. Sheldrake has published numerous books challenging traditional scientific paradigms and proposing alternative explanations for biological phenomena, often positioned between science and spirituality.

Rupert Sheldrake quote about the relationship between religion, science, faith, and truthCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth." Rupert Sheldrake
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"The core of science is not controlled experiment or mathetical modeling; it is intellectual honesty. It is time we acknowledge a basic feature of human discourse: when considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't." Sam Harris
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Quote by Rupert Sheldrake about scientism becoming a dogmatic belief systemCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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""scientism is where people turn science into a kind of religion. It becomes a kind of dogmatic belief system. The irony is that a lot of people think that religion is dogmatic and science is free-thinking, but actually, in my experience, some of the most dogmatic people I know are people who've made science into a kind of religion. We still have flat earthers, we have people that don't believe in vaccinations, and what do we do about it?"" Rupert Sheldrake
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Quote by Yuval Noah Harari about truth, power, and societyCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Truth was never the highest priority of human society. It was the highest priority of some individuals, but never of society as a whole — because society as a whole does not function on the basis of truth. If you take two of the most powerful institutions of humankind — science and the scientific community, and religion and churches — neither of them has truth as their chief value. For individuals, yes. But as institutions, no. The chief value of science is power. The chief value of religion is order — organization. Religion is all about maintaining order in society, and science is mainly about gaining power." Yuval Noah Harari
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Religion and science quote by Guy Consolmagno about faith, reality, and conscienceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it's turning God into a nature god. And science needs religion in order to have a conscience, to know that, just because something is possible, it may not be a good thing to do." Guy Consolmagno
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