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Janice asked this question about The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2):
As to the question...a world without religion or without science...I would live without religion
Cthonus I have to say that if you wanted to live without science you wouldn't live long: no medicine, no electrical appliances, no insulated dwellings, no mas…moreI have to say that if you wanted to live without science you wouldn't live long: no medicine, no electrical appliances, no insulated dwellings, no mass agriculture, no transport faster than a horse...

A more nuanced question would be: would you like to live in a society governed by a theocracy or a scientocracy? Neither of them appeal much to me as both are bound to be rigorously dogmatic in their undertakings. Under the scientocracy those with a logical, analytical mindset would flourish. Under a theocracy it would be those who learn by rote...

I expect in neither of these worlds would Mr Brown be received with honours...(less)
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Kiran Habibullah I am 4 years too late but I think humanity managed to climb the top of food chain without science. In fact we have accelerated our demise with help of ...more
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Viraj Gupta No. As a matter of fact, we did reach here with the help of science. Science is not only sitting in a lab, making discoveries and inventions. The maki ...more
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