Lawrence Krauss explains why science trumps religion in illegal broadcast to Iranians

By Eric W. Dolan

US physicist Lawrence Krauss is spreading the gospel of science to Iranians via an outlawed satellite TV network.

Krauss, a professor at Arizona State University and outspoken atheist, recently appeared on the Bread and Roses show to discuss the beauty of science, and the differences between science and religion.

The Farsi/English program is broadcast on New Channel, an outlawed 24-hour TV station that reaches Iranians via satellite TV and the Internet. Bread and Roses explains on its crowdfunding page that while their show is officially banned in Iran, many Iranians “can still access it because 40-60 percent of the population have satellite dishes.”

During an interview on Bread and Roses, the physicist pointed out a fundamental difference between science and faith.

“Not knowing is fine,” Krauss said. “In fact, it is a central part of science, so it makes it different than religion, because you don’t make these assertions about things you can’t test, nor do you claim to have absolute knowledge. We learn about the universe, and it keeps surprising us. But the Big Bang really happened… we can measure so many aspects of our universe and it was once smaller and smaller and smaller. We can go back to [the very beginning], but we can get very close.”

Krauss also said humans are lucky they can understand the universe at all.

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