Daniel Sarewitz suggests that we need ways of “understanding our world beyond the scientifically rational” (Nature 488, 431; 2012). Our species has derived many things from its various religions — some fair and noble, others foul and destructive — but understanding is not one of them.
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Blight, A. Rationality: Religion defies understanding. Nature 489, 502 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/489502f
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