On 12-6-2009 19:23, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:10:56 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> That it is only very recently that most scientists are either agnostics,
>> atheists, or at least not convinced that a God exists. 
> 
> I'd be interested to know the source for that statistic, because that's 
> the first time I've heard it cited.  I think you'd find a surprisingly 
> large number of people who work in scientific fields also go to church 
> regularly.

I don't have statistics, just my personal experience to draw upon. And 
going to church or being religious is rather uncommon here. From the 
people I worked with I know only 2 who did, even if there were 10 times 
as many that I do no know of, it would still be less than 10%

It may be different in the US. Even so how do you explain this book: 
http://www.amazon.com/Things-Computer-Scientist-Language-Information/dp/157586326X
Note to the people not in the field: Don Knuth is a big name in CS. 
Known a.o. for 'The art of computer programming' and TeX

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