Is There a God in the Universe?

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Dawkins: Some of the fall te here lwith scientists, because we do have scientific colleagues who are aggressive in asserting that no god can play no role. And i think that's very unhelpful, and i think it's intellectually incorrect. Science doesn't disprove the existence of god; science simply helps us understand what we think has happened. Whether there could also be supernatural phenomeno as well is not a question that a scientist can answer.

In this interview, based on her landmark book, Why Trust Science?, historian of science Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength — and the greatest reason we can trust it. Drawing vital lessons from cases where scientists got it wrong, Oreskes shows how consensus is a crucial indicator of when a scientific matter has been settled, and when the knowledge produced is likely to be trustworthy.