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When I was in academia there was no shortage of my peers with PhDs in physics who were very religious. Having a PhD in a science is not proof against having misinformed or unscientific views.



Being religious and scientific are not mutually exclusive. I am not a religious person, but my professor, who is very religious, is one of the most rigorous scientists I had the chance to work with in person.


His religious beliefs are unscientific, and that is independent of how rigorous his practice of science is otherwise.


Nor is being very religious proof of having misinformed or unscientific views.


Sure... believing in something for which there is no evidence is a super informed view.


Yes, it is very much at least the latter. There is absolutely no scientific support for relgious beliefs.




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