{"id":37455,"date":"2016-04-04T15:32:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=37455"},"modified":"2016-04-04T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:33:57","slug":"podcast-133-dr-jeffrey-koperski-10-science-religion-myths-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-133-dr-jeffrey-koperski-10-science-religion-myths-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 133 &#8211; Dr. Jeffrey Koperski on 10 Science and Religion Myths &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3131\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37455-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities133.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities133.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities133.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=37455-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities133.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1118932803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37456 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Physics-of-Theism-by-Jeffrey-Koperski-2015.jpg\" alt=\"The Physics of Theism - by Jeffrey Koperski 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Physics-of-Theism-by-Jeffrey-Koperski-2015.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Physics-of-Theism-by-Jeffrey-Koperski-2015-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Physics-of-Theism-by-Jeffrey-Koperski-2015-90x136.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Is &#8220;Science&#8221; at war with &#8220;Religion&#8221;?<\/strong> Philosopher of science Dr. Jeffrey Koperski says that this is myth and not reality. In this episode we discuss five popular myths about science and religion, myths which stand in the way of people see both for what they have been and now are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Big Bang has taken the place of God<\/strong> &#8211; it shows us where the cosmos came from.<\/li>\n<li>As long as there&#8217;s been Science, there&#8217;s been <strong>a war between<\/strong> Science and Religion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Galileo was clearly a martyr<\/strong> in the Science and Religion wars.<\/li>\n<li>Religion is based on <strong>Faith<\/strong>, whereas Science is based solely on empirical observation.<\/li>\n<li>Science is <strong>supremely open-minded<\/strong>, willing to drop all traditional assumptions upon the receipt of new data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along the way Dr. Koperski mentions additional, lesser myths, such as that Columbus discovered that the earth was not flat.<\/p>\n<p>[spp-tweet tweet=&#8221;There&#8217;s more to religion than faith&#8230; more to science than observation&#8230; &#8211; Dr. Jeffrey Koperski&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.svsu.edu\/~koperski\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Jeffrey Koperski&#8217;s home page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1118932803\" target=\"_blank\">The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B00PEN7YY8\" target=\"_blank\">kindle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krauss.faculty.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss<\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1451624468\" target=\"_blank\">A Universe\u00a0From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B004T4KQJS\" target=\"_blank\">kindle<\/a>)<em>,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/25\/books\/review\/a-universe-from-nothing-by-lawrence-m-krauss.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">NYT review by philosopher Dr. David Albert<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paul Shestople, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cosmology.berkeley.edu\/Education\/IUP\/Big_Bang_Primer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Big Bang Cosmology Primer<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Issac Newton,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1490592156\" target=\"_blank\">Principia Mathematica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Anjan Chakravartty, &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/scientific-realism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scientific Realism<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Bradley Monton and\u00a0Chad Mohler on <a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/constructive-empiricism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bas van Fraassen&#8217;s &#8220;constructive empiricism&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/phlogiston\" target=\"_blank\">phlogiston<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/caloric-theory\" target=\"_blank\">caloric<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Galileo, <\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/037575766X\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dialogue<\/strong> Concerning the Two Chief World Systems<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37458 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition.jpg\" alt=\"Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition\" width=\"443\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition.jpg 443w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition-420x320.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galileo_facing_the_Roman_Inquisition-90x69.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ronald Numbers, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0674057414\" target=\"_blank\">Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Historian of science <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/professors-and-speakers\/professor-john-hedley-brooke\" target=\"_blank\">John Hedley Brooke<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alexander Bird on <a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/thomas-kuhn\/\" target=\"_blank\">philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Today&#8217;s thinking music has been\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Andy_G_Cohen\/Through_The_Lens\/Andy_G_Cohen_-_Malachite\" target=\"_blank\">Malachite<\/a>\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Andy_G_Cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andy G. Cohen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License.<a href=\"https:\/\/andyg.co\/hen\/songs\/malachite\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0https:\/\/andyg.co\/hen\/songs\/malachite<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is \u201cScience\u201d at war with \u201cReligion\u201d? 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