The relationship between science and religion

There is no connection between science and religion. Science, unlike religion, is based on evidence; and, in contrast to the many religions, there is just one science. All science had its origin in Greek civilisation. There is no ethics in scientific theories or discoveries, but ethical issues can arise when science is applied to technology. Religion does raise ethical issues in relation to science, particularly in relation to human embryonic research. While religion makes no contribution to science, I wish to provide a scientific explanation for the origin of religious beliefs and mystical minds, based on the evolution of human causal beliefs Science is quite different from religion, which is based on faith rather than on evidence or logic. Science is a different way of interpreting the world from religion in that it relies on reason applied to empirical observations instead of faith in external authorities and personal revelation. Science and religion are thus incompatible, despite claims to the contrary. Scientific beliefs are special, and different from any other kind of thinking, because scientific thinking is not programmed in our brains in the way that religious thinking is, as discussed below. Scientific thinking does not deny the possibility of the existence of God, but does claim that there is no good evidence to support such a belief. Moreover, beliefs in miracles and the paranormal conflict with some of the basic tenets of physics, chemistry and biology (Wolpert 2006). Science is also special is in that it different from technology. The elephant is a good example of complex technology: as evolution used no science, just the best survivors were selected and some or these were elephants. Similarly, our ancestors