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Asked by cherry_headd to Chris, Emily, Martin, Natalie, Tamsin on 24 Mar 2010 in Categories: Theories.
Question: what are your views about the universe and God?
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Chris Cooper answered on 24 Mar 2010:
Most days I believe in God. I make a case of keeping my religious and scientific beliefs completely separate. I am probably rather unusual in that if a scientific experiment affected my religious view, I would change my religious view rather than distrust the science. This is because I believe God gave me a logical brain so I trust it to tell me about the world.
My views of the universe? I don’t really have one view. But I do like the “many-worlds” quantum theory view of the universe where every observed act splits the universe in two with both events occurring, one in each. In one of these universes later this year I will score a world-cup winning goal for England. Or only slightly less unlikely I will win “I’m a scientist!”.
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Martin Coath answered on 25 Mar 2010:
A tough question on a personal level – but I don’t mind honestly!
My answer as a scientist is that science has nothing to say about God. The hypothesis (theory) that God (or Gods) exists is not testable using scientific methods. It is a matter of belief.
More or less the same is true about the nature of the universe. There are ideas in the scientific community about the nature of the universe – but most of these are not testable either! But there is at least a chance that some of these ideas will turn out to be stronger than others.
Speaking just for myself I have no fixed ideas about the BIG questions. The more I know about things the more I realise I don’t know anything about anything. Knowledge is not the way forward – what is required is a leap of faith 🙂
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