Professor Wang Xi spread his hands, "And the Internet says that Einstein studied theology in his later years, which is even more unreliable."
"Einstein has made it clear on many occasions that he does not believe in any religion. You can check this online. He wrote a letter about religion and philosophy before his death."
"In the letter, Einstein stated his consistent views on God, so it was called the "Letter from God" by later generations!"
"And the word 'God' used by Einstein does not refer to the God of religion, but to 'Spinoza's God,' which is the physical law of the entire world."
At this point, the professor's expression gradually became serious.
"Not only Newton and Einstein, but when I was surfing the Internet, I also found a survey circulating on the Internet, a survey called the 'Gallup Poll'."
"The survey said that among the 300 most famous scientists in the past 300 years, except for 38 whose beliefs cannot be ascertained, 242 of the remaining 262 scientists believe in God, and only 20 do not believe in it!"
"I believe that everyone here has heard of this survey as long as they have surfed the Internet. However, when I checked the literature again, I have never found the source of this survey. The so-called "Gallup Poll" is a A test that has never been seen before in academia..."
"What's more, modern science was not born 300 years ago, and true modern science only has a history of more than 100 years. Why does this survey use scientists from the past 100 years as samples instead of scientists from the old era 300 years ago? "
"Not to mention 300 years ago, even 200 years ago, religion still had a very strong influence. Even if some scientists were atheists, in the extreme social atmosphere at that time, would they dare to openly express their true feelings?"
Professor Wang Xi was pacing as he spoke, and each retort caused the audience to fall silent.
"With this doubt, although I did not find the "Gallup Poll", I did find a reverse survey... "
"That survey showed that in 1914, 27% of the academicians of the North American Academy of Sciences believed in 'God', but by 1998, only 7% of them believed in 'God'. This proportion has dropped enough. Hurry?"
"Of course, even if only 7% of the academicians of the Academy of Sciences believe in "God", that is still a long list, haha... "
Professor Wang Xi chuckled, "I know, there must be some people who are unconvinced and say, 'You said the survey on scientists' religious beliefs is fake, so why is your survey true?'"
"Sorry, this investigation of mine is really true!"
As he spoke, Professor Wang Xi turned on the projector, and a screenshot of a document suddenly appeared on the huge screen.
"This paper was published in Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals, on July 23, 1998. It is located on page 313 of volume 394. The name of this paper is - "Leading scientists still reject God"!"
Suddenly, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.
"Then let's return to the original topic."
Professor Wang Xi paced proudly, "Since the sentence 'The end of science is theology' was not said by Einstein or Newton, then who said it? I searched a lot of scientific literature and found nothing. Find out."
"So, I have a bold guess..."
Professor Wang Xi's eyes gradually became serious, "This sentence must have been said by a shady netizen!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The audience burst into laughter, and many people applauded in unison again.
"In fact, there are many similar rumors, such as 'Scientists spent thousands of years climbing to 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 he blew his beard and stared, "If you search these keywords on the Internet, you will find that the entire Internet is full of such rumors. The rumor makers even made up many seemingly philosophical quotes from celebrities, and because of these rumors It’s very ‘positive’ and has even been forwarded by some authoritative websites, so many times it’s shocking!”
"And those posts that refuted the rumors were very few, drowned in the endless sea of rumors... "
After sighing, Professor Wang Xi continued, "I don't deny that there are many things in the world that modern science cannot explain, 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 a 'life form' or 'natural phenomenon' that has not yet been discovered."
"Modern science cannot explain the existence of the soul. It does not mean that the soul is beyond science. It is just because science is not developed enough to explain the existence principle of the soul."
Professor Wang Xi chuckled and said, "I know that after listening to this passage, some people will think that they are objective and admonish me: Don't be 'superstitious' in science. I am very surprised - why are there 'superstitious' and 'non-superstitious' in science?" ', do you think science is a religion?"
"I am not trying to make you hate religion. You must know that religion, as a faith, attributes human beings and even all things to an almighty God. Although it has many disadvantages, it does bring prosperity and stability to mankind in a period of ignorance and backwardness. , providing a hotbed for the birth of scientific buds.”
Professor Wang Xi explained in a persuasive manner, "But science and theology are indeed two different things..."
"The reason why science is different from theology is that it does not require anyone to believe it. At the same time, it does not put forward its own opinions, but directly uses observational data and experimental results to prove itself."
"Our attitude towards science should be one that is completely objective and separated from subjective consciousness, because experimental results will not transfer with people's consciousness."
"Whether you believe it or not, like it or hate it, persist or give up, the scientific experimental results are there!"
Professor Wang Xi's voice gradually became louder, full of power,
"Science is not a religion, it is the operating laws of the world, the microscopic particle composition of the world, and the way to describe the world that is finally summarized through countless experimental demonstrations!"
"It is a completely objective existence. Whether you have discovered it or not, it has always been there and has never been changed!"
The applause from the audience became more and more enthusiastic, and countless students stood up and applauded as hard as they could.
In the old professors, they seem to see the shadow of those scientific sages who devoted their lives to defending the truth without hesitation.
Ascori, who was the first to discover that the earth was spherical, Copernicus, who insisted on the heliocentric theory, Servetus, the discoverer of the "pulmonary circulation", and Galileo, the founder of modern experimental science...
At this moment, everyone had a clear understanding in their hearts.
The end of science will not be theology, because…
Science has no end!