Dissent from denial of cert in latest evolution case

[Michael MASINTER]

David Guinn wrote:

> And, who knows?  As we learn more about quantum theory and
> the uncertainty principle, there does seem room for the supernatural.

I had never understood physics to *exclude* the possibility of the
supernatural, and I don't understand why its twentieth century theories
bear on that question.  I think it fair to say that physics does not
*require* the supernatural to account for any observed phenomena, and that
most physicists deny that physics provides any evidence for the existence
of the supernatural; nevertheless, many physicists profess to believe in
some kind of deity. But what is it about quantum theory or the uncertainty
principle that makes the supernatural more plausible?

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