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Chapter 12: Science has no end!

  Professor Wang Xi spread his hands, "And the Internet said that Einstein studied theology in his later years, this is even more unreliable."

   "Einstein has clearly stated on many occasions that he does not believe in any religion. You can check this on the Internet. He wrote a letter about religion and philosophy before his death."

   "In the letter, Einstein explained his consistent view of God, so later generations called it "God's Letter"!"

   "And the word "God" used by Einstein does not refer to the God in religion, but the "God of Spinoza", that is, the physical laws of the entire world."

   At this point, the professor's expression slowly became serious.

   "Not only Newton and Einstein, when I was online, I also found a survey circulating on the Internet, a survey called the'Gallup Poll'."

   "According to the survey, of the 300 most famous scientists in the last 300 years, except for 38 who could not ascertain their beliefs, 242 of the remaining 262 scientists believed in God, and only 20 were unbelievers!"

"I believe everyone in this room has heard of this survey as long as they have been online, but when I checked the literature again, I never found the source of this survey. The so-called "Gallup Poll" A test that no one in academia has ever seen..."

"What's more, modern science was not born 300 years ago. The true modern science has only a history of more than 100 years. Why does this investigation use samples of scientists from the old age 300 years ago? "

   "Don't say 300 years, even 200 years ago, the influence of religion is still very large, even if some scientists are atheists, in the extreme social atmosphere at that time, do they dare to express their true feelings publicly?"

  Professor Wang Xi paced as he spoke, and each rebuttal caused silence in the audience.

   "With this doubt, although I did not find the "Gallup Poll", I found a reverse investigation..."

"The survey showed that in 1914, the proportion of academicians of the North American Academy of Sciences who believed in'God' was still 27%. By 1998, the proportion of believers in'God' was only 7%, and this proportion dropped enough. Come on?"

   "Of course, even if only 7% of the academicians of the Academy of Sciences believe in "God", that is a long list, hehe..."

  Professor Wang Xi chuckled, "I know, some people must be unconvinced and say, ‘You said the investigation of scientists’ religious beliefs is false, so why is your investigation true?’"

   "Sorry, my investigation is really true!"

   Talking, Professor Wang Xi turned on the projector, and a screenshot of a document suddenly appeared on the huge screen.

   "This paper was published in one of the world's top scientific journals "Nature" on July 23, 1998, located on page 313 of volume 394, and the name of this paper is-"LeadingscientistsstillrejectGod"!"

   Suddenly, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

   "Then, let's return to the original question."

Professor Wang Xi paced proudly, "Since the phrase'the end of science is theology' was not said by Einstein, nor by Newton, then who did it say? I searched a lot of scientific literature, but none Found the answer."

   "So, I have a bold guess..."

   Professor Wang Xi's eyes gradually became serious, "This sentence must be said by sand sculpture netizens!"

   "Hahahaha!"

   The audience roared with laughter, and many people once again clapped in unison.

"In fact, there are many similar rumors, such as'Scientists have spent thousands of years on the top of the mountain, only to find that theologians and Buddhist scholars are already waiting for them on the mountain', or something,'Religion without science is blind, but Science without religion can't move forward' etc."

Professor Wang Xi blew his beard and stared, "If you search for these keywords on the Internet, you will find that the entire Internet is full of such rumors. The rumors even made up many seemingly philosophical celebrities, and because of these rumors It is very'positive energy', and it is even reposted by some authoritative websites, which is terrifying!

   "But those posts that refute the rumors are very few, drowning in an endless ocean of rumors..."

   sighed, Professor Wang Xi continued, “I don’t deny that there are many things in the world that modern science cannot explain, such as ‘soul’.”

   "I don't know whether there is a soul in the world, but even if it does exist, the soul is just an undiscovered "life form" or "natural phenomenon"."

   "Modern science cannot explain the existence of the soul. It does not mean that the soul is beyond science. It is just that science is not developed enough to explain the principle of the existence of the soul."

Professor Wang Xi laughed and said, "I know that after hearing this passage, some people think that they will advise me objectively: Don’t be'superstitious science', I'm very surprised-why is there a'superstition' and'no' when dealing with science? Do you think that science is not a religion?"

"I am not making everyone hate religion. You have to know that religion is a belief. It attributes human beings and all things to an almighty god. Although there are many drawbacks, it is indeed in a period of ignorance and backwardness. It has brought prosperity and stability to mankind and provided a breeding ground for the birth of the budding science."

   Professor Wang Xi explained in a persuasive manner, "However, science and theology are indeed two things..."

   "The reason science is different from theology is that it does not require anyone to believe, and it does not put forward its own opinions, but directly uses observational data and experimental results to prove itself."

   "Our attitude towards science should be treated completely objectively away from subjective consciousness, because experimental results will not change with people's consciousness."

   "Whether you believe or not, like or hate, persist or give up, the results of scientific experiments are there!"

   Professor Wang Xi’s voice gradually became louder and full of power,

   "Science is not a religion. It is the law of operation of the world. It is the microscopic particle composition of this world. It is a way of describing the world that is finally gathered through countless experimental arguments and conclusions!"

   "It is a completely objective existence, whether you have discovered it or not, it has always been there and has never been changed!"

   The applause in the audience became more intense, and countless students stood up one after another, clapping desperately.

  In the body of the old professor, they seem to see the shadow of those scientific sages who dedicated their lives to defend the truth.

   The first to discover that the earth is spherical, Copernicus, who insisted on "Heliocentric Theory," Servetus, the discoverer of "Pulmonary Circulation", and Galileo, the founder of modern experimental science...

   At this moment, everyone has a kind of understanding in their hearts.

   The end of science will not be theology, because...

   Science has no end!