It’s not quite astrobiology rap, but a YouTube plea for finding common ground between science and religion is notable for its source, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the country’s leading association of scientists.
The video is a trailer of sorts for a longer film available from AAAS. It features two prominent scientists - Science publisher Alan Leshner and Human Genome Project leader Francis Collins - plus two high school teachers, all describing the equally prominent roles that science and Christianity play in their lives.
Collins says it best: “It would probably be a good thing if scientists like myself who are believers would explain why, from our perspective, we find no difficulty putting these two views together, and also why intelligent design was not the way to do it.”
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