During the plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, whose topics was “Predictability in Science: accuracy and limitations”, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the limits of science; the relationship between science, theology and philosophy; and the impossibility of denying transcendence.
“Man cannot place in science and technology a so radical and unconditional trust as to believe that scientific and technological progress can explain everything and completely fulfill all his existential and spiritual needs. ”
“Science cannot replace philosophy and revelation by giving an exhaustive answer to man's most radical questions: questions about the meaning of living and dying, about ultimate values, and about the nature of progress itself”
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Friday, November 10, 2006
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