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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sidlls on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:52PM (#14952945)
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.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by hashbig on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:08PM (#14953121)
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.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sidlls on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:13PM (#14953169)
His religious beliefs are unscientific, and that is independent of how rigorous his practice of science is otherwise.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by bennettfeely on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:56PM (#14952993)
Nor is being very religious proof of having misinformed or unscientific views.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by 2_listerine_pls on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:14PM (#14953179)
Sure... believing in something for which there is no evidence is a super informed view.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sidlls on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:06PM (#14953089)
Yes, it is very much at least the latter. There is absolutely no scientific support for relgious beliefs.
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