Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

What Science Is and Isn’t

Modern science and technology are among humanity’s most astonishing achievements. We understand far more about the intricate inner workings of creation than in any earlier age, and we have vastly more control over it. I flip a switch and night turns to day. I run my finger over a glass screen and I can talk face-to-face with my son in Albania. I climb into a long, winged tube and climb out hours later on a different continent. Anyone who thinks modern technology disenchants must be jaded; we live in a world of magic, the fruition of a project that started with the Creator’s “Be fruitful, multiply, rule” and Adam’s naming of the animals.

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