journal entry
For our first Journal entry, please watch the following video: Houston Smith – Conceptual view of Quantum Mechanics
Then read this excerpt of Chapter 11, “Three Sciences and the Road Ahead,” from the book, Why Religion Matters, by Huston Smith (pp. 174-78) discussing the impermanent and relative world revealed by contemporary physics, where natural processes reside beyond space-time:
Finally, spend some time reflecting upon these materials, the article on Scientism, (THE ARTICLE YOU JUST DID A PAPER FOR ME ALREADY) and the other material on Huston Smith.
Compose a paragraph briefly summarizing what you understand to be some of Smith’s main claims or themes from these materials. Write another paragraph explaining how you think any of this might relate to our course of study. And finally, write a third paragraph describing your understanding of the relationship between religion and science in our world today. (Combined, these three paragraphs should be roughly one page in length.)
