tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post4367387434662574148..comments2024-02-28T16:57:47.055+00:00Comments on Diary of a Donkeybody: Aspirin scienceMichael Wenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756324780596609238noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-73784849158519380542009-11-11T10:31:21.505+00:002009-11-11T10:31:21.505+00:00CS Lewis in 1925 (before he became a Christian):
...CS Lewis in 1925 (before he became a Christian):<br /><br />'It will be a comfort to me all my life to know [ie having studied philosophy] that the scientist and the materialist have not the last word: that Darwin and Spencer undermining ancestral beliefs stand themselves on a foundation of sand, of gigantic assumptions and irreconcilable contradictions an inch below the surface.'<br /><br />So, not a surprise then that our scientists, not just our politicians, seem unaware of the blurred lines between 'fact' and belief in their pronouncements.<br /><br />Mary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com