Before church and state were one. So with the separation of church and state and with the condemnation of Galileo by the church, there is a tendency to think of the church as being dogmatic and the scientist as being open, looking for new answers. I wish that were true. It's very dogmatic. Anybody who crosses the line, like I do in The Spiritual Universe , is likely to be accused of writing nonsense.
Every religion speaks about that subject.
One is looking for predictability and objectivity, the other is looking for predictability and subjectivity. To me this is a major revelation. As a scientist I make a model. As a spiritual practitioner I may not make a model, but at the same time I've got something in mind when I say God, when I say spirit, when I say soul. Many people say these words without having any idea of what they're talking about.