This I believe in genetics: discovery can be a nuisance, replication is science, implementation matters

This I believe in genetics: discovery can be a nuisance, replication is science, implementation matters

For several years now, accumulation of genetic information has accelerated at a pace that exceeds the acceleration of computer capacity (Moore’s law) and there is no discernible limit to prospects of further growth. As the cost per unit of obtained genetic information is plummeting (Niedringhaus et al., 2011), genetics has become a frontrunner and a catalyst of the informatics revolution that i...

This I believe: agricultural science and genetics

I believe that the current concerns of biosafety and the impact of GMOs on biodiversity will soon give way to an appreciation of the potential benefits that the new genetics can confer on humankind. Agricultural science and genetics together have fed the world and will continue to feed the world. I was a contemporary of James Watson and Francis Crick at the University of Cambridge, U.K., from 1...

Why Believe That There Is a God?

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

God and science: can we believe in both?

At a recent scientific conference in New York City, a student asked one of the scientists participating in a panel discussion on science and religion a provocative question. “Can you be a good scientist and also believe in God?” The scientist, a Nobel laureate, quickly responded: “Belief in the supernatural, especially belief in God, is not only incompatible with good science, this kind of beli...