Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? | Ian Hutchinson & Robert Lue
The Veritas Forum — The Veritas ForumCan a Scientist Believe in Miracles? | Ian Hutchinson & Robert Lue
October 14, 2017
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Last Spring, Ian Hutchinson (MIT) and Robert Lue (Harvard) sat down at Harvard’s Science Center with Anne Harrington (Harvard) to discuss miracles. Do they happen? Does scientific thinking undermine belief in them? What does the existence (or non-existence) of miracles mean for the larger discussion on science and faith?
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