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Article: The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul.
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- National Review
- Article date:
- June 27, 1994
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At least one of these distinguished scientists is profoundly wrong. But which one?
Francis Crick, a physicist and biochemist, a Nobel Laureate known for his work on the structure of DNA, says that science is at the doorstep of comprehending the human soul, thereby making traditional religious accounts of human experience obsolete. John Polkinghorne, a physicist and Anglican priest, now president of Queens' College, Cambridge, says that in order to comprehend the whole of human experience one's vision must penetrate well beyond the bounds of the scientific - and into the realm of the spiritual.
Consider first the naturalistic world view of Francis Crick. ...