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Feynman on Science and Religion

16-Feb-10

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The following quote is from a talk by physicist Richard Feynman called The Relation of Science and Religion, which I consider a apologia of sorts:
I don’t know the answer to this central problem – the problem of maintaining the real value of religion, as a source of strength and of courage to […]

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The Shahadah (Islamic Declaration of Faith) in Python

14-May-08

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A moment of fancy on IRC led me to concoct the following:
((len([i for i in __globals__ if i is not god and type(i) is type(god)]) == 0) and (god.prophet == muhammad))) == True
This is the Shahadah represented in Python.
Programming Language Wars are frequently religious, I thought why not take it a step […]

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No Need

03-Mar-08

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Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis.
Pierre-Simon Laplace, a french scientist, replying to Napoleon on being asked why there was no mention of God in his work on the movement of the planets.
What use is that hypothesis to you? Let me know.
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