Professor Wang Xi shrugged. "The internet says that Einstein studied theology in his later years, but that's even more unreliable.
"Einstein made it clear on many occasions that he did not believe in any religion. You can look this up online. Before his death, he wrote a letter about religion and philosophy.
"In the letter, Einstein stated his consistent views on God. Hence, it was known as' The Letter to God '!
"The word 'God' used by Einstein was not referring to the God of religion, but 'Spinoza's God', the laws of physics of the entire world."
At this point, the professor's expression slowly turned serious.
"It's not just Newton and Einstein. When I went online, I found a survey on the internet, a survey called 'Gallup Poll'.
"According to the survey, among the 300 most famous scientists in the past 300 years, other than 38 whose religion could not be identified, 242 of the remaining 262 scientists believed in God, and only 20 were non-believers!
"I believe that as long as you've been online, you've heard of this survey. However, when I looked up the literature again, I could not find the source of this survey. This so-called 'Gallup Poll' is a test that no one in the academic world has ever seen before...
"Furthermore, modern science was not born 300 years ago. True modern science only has a history of a little over 100 years. Why did this survey not use the scientists from the past 100 years as a sample, but instead, the scientists from the old era 300 years ago?
"Forget 300 years ago, even 200 years ago, religion was still very influential. Even if some scientists were atheists, under the extreme social atmosphere at that time, would they dare to openly express their true feelings?"
Professor Wang Xi paced back and forth as he spoke. His rebuttals caused the audience to fall silent.
"With this doubt in mind, even though I didn't manage to find the Gallup poll, I did find a reverse survey …"
"That survey showed that in 1914, the percentage of North American Academy of Sciences academicians who believed in 'God' was still 27%. By 1998, the percentage who believed in 'God' was only 7%. Isn't this a fast drop?
"Of course, even if only 7% of the academicians believed in 'God', it would still be a long list, hehe..."
Professor Wang Xi chuckled. "I know, there must be people who are not convinced and will say, 'You said that the survey on scientists' religious beliefs is fake, so why is your survey real? '
"I'm sorry, but my investigation is real!"
Professor Wang Xi turned on the projector and a screenshot of a document appeared on the huge screen.
"This paper was published on July 23, 1998 in one of the world's leading scientific journals, Nature, volume 394, page 313, and the title of the paper is —" Leading Nature. "
God! "
Immediately, there was a round of enthusiastic applause from the audience.
"So, let's return to the original topic."
Professor Wang Xi walked proudly. "Since 'the end of science is theology' was not said by Einstein or Newton, then who said it? I've searched through a lot of scientific literature, but I couldn't find the answer. "
"So, I had a bold guess …"
Professor Wang Xi's eyes gradually turned serious. "This sentence must have been said by some idiotic netizens!"
"Hahahaha!"
The audience roared with laughter, and many people once again applauded in unison.
"In fact, there are many similar rumors. For example, 'Scientists spent thousands of years to reach the top of the mountain, only to find that theologians and Buddhists were already waiting for them on the mountain', or 'Religion without science is blind, but science without religion cannot advance', and so on."
Professor Wang Xi was so angry that his eyes widened. "If you search for those keywords on the Internet, you will find that such rumors are everywhere on the Internet. The rumormongers even make up many seemingly philosophical quotes of celebrities. Also, because the rumors are very 'positive', they are even forwarded by some authoritative websites. There are so many of them that it is appalling!
"And there are very few posts refuting the rumors, and they are drowned in the endless sea of rumors …"
Professor Wang Xi sighed and continued, "I don't deny that there are many things in the world that cannot be explained by modern science, such as the 'soul'.
"I don't know if there is a soul in the world, but even if there is, the soul is just an undiscovered 'life form' or 'natural phenomenon'.
"Modern science cannot explain the existence of the soul, but it doesn't mean that the soul is beyond science. It's just that science is not developed enough to explain the existence of the soul."
Professor Wang Xi laughed and said, "I know that after listening to this, some people will think that they are objective and advise me not to 'believe in science'. I find it strange that there is such a thing as' superstition 'and' non-superstition 'when it comes to science. Do you still think that science is a religion?"
"I'm not asking everyone to hate religion. You have to know that religion, as a faith, attributes human beings and even all things to an omnipotent god. Although there are many drawbacks, it did bring prosperity and stability to human beings in the era of ignorance and backwardness, and it provided a hotbed for the birth of science."
Professor Wang Xi explained patiently, "But, science and theology are indeed two different things …"
"The reason why science is different from theology is that it doesn't need anyone to believe in it. At the same time, it doesn't put forward its own point of view. Instead, it directly uses observational data and experimental results to prove itself.
"Our attitude toward science should be one that is completely independent of subjective consciousness and completely objective, because the experimental results will not change with people's consciousness.
"Whether you believe it or not, like it or hate it, persist or give up, the results of scientific experiments are right there!"
Professor Wang Xi's voice gradually became louder and full of power.
"Science is not a religion. It is the running law of this world, the composition of the microscopic particles of this world, and the way to describe the world after countless experiments!
"It is a completely objective existence. Whether you have discovered it or not, it has always been there, and it has never been changed!"
The applause was even louder. Countless students stood up and clapped hard.
In the old professor, they seemed to see the shadows of the scientific sages who sacrificed themselves to defend the truth.
Ascoli, who was the first to discover that the Earth was spherical; Copernicus, who insisted on the heliocentric theory; Servette, the discoverer of pulmonary circulation; and Galileo, the founder of modern experimental science …
At this moment, everyone had an epiphany.
The end of science would not be theology, because …
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