Can Science Be a Religion?

Religion is a touchy topic within the scientific community. Science, meanwhile, can be just as sensitive a topic within some religious communities. Are there times when the two overlap? When fervent belief in science functions much like devout faith? Trace investigates.

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'Belief in science' increases in stressful situations
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_release...
"A faith in the explanatory and revealing power of science increases in the face of stress or anxiety, a study by Oxford University psychologists suggests."

Scientific faith: Belief in science increases in the face of stress and existential anxiety
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...
"Growing evidence indicates that religious belief helps individuals to cope with stress and anxiety. But is this effect specific to supernatural beliefs, or is it a more general function of belief -- including belief in science?"

Is Science a Religion?
http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/a...
"The 1996 Humanist of the Year asked this question in a speech accepting the honor from the American Humanist Association."

Study: Non-Religious People's Faith in Science Increases Under Stress
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/arc...
"Pre-regatta rowers were more likely to agree with Carl Sagan that 'in a demon-haunted world, science is a candle in the dark.'"

Science is a religion
http://www.ted.com/conversations/9998...
"Nowadays more and more people seem to confuse science with fact."

Top 10 Reasons Science Is Another Religion
http://listverse.com/2012/12/15/top-1...
"As a Biologist with a PhD in Neurosciences, I'm well aware that this is a controversial subject for both scientists and religious people alike."

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