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PROGRAM RUNDOWN: "Science and the Search for Meaning: 5 Questions: (5)
Can Science Be Sacred?"

0:00 - 15:27        SEGMENT 1: (15:28)
            Steve Paulson reports on a growing movement among secular
            scientists and philosophers.  They believe the natural
            world around us is full of marvels and mysteries, but
            they typically don't believe in God.  Neither do they
            like the term "atheist."  Some prefer "Religious
            Naturalist." Steve fills us in on "the awe and wonder
            crowd."-
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

15:28 - 15:57  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

15:58 - 37:29       SEGMENT 2: (21:33)
            Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist and medical
            biochemist.  Her new essay collection is called "The
            Global Forest."  She tells Anne Strainchamps that the
            lives of trees and human beings are inter-related all the
            way down to the molecular level. Also, Arthur Zajonc
            (rhymes with science) is a physicist at Amherst College,
            and a long time meditator.  He's talked on various
            occasions with the Dalai Lama about physics and the
            contemplative life.  He tells Jim Fleming that Einstein's
            idea of god is common to many top scientists. We also
            hear from orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

37:30 - 37:59       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

38:00 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (15:00)
            David Abram is an environmental philosopher and author of
            "Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology."  He's something
            of an animist who finds a living presence in just about
            everything.  Abrams tells Steve Paulson about his beliefs
            and recounts a remarkable story about a shaman who could
            turn himself into a raven.
            
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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