The dictionary is wrong – science can be a religion too

[longship]

45. Maybe only his premise.

But I think where he goes horribly wrong is aligning Stonehenge and the pyramids with the LHC.

There is no doubt that Stonehenge was aligned to celestial events -- not so much for the pyramids. But those alignments were undoubtedly not for finding out new things about the celestial bodies. The pyramids were tombs for pharoahs who were said to be gods themselves. All we know about Stonehenge and the pyramids we know because of science. Many gaps remain, but that's another main attribute of science.

Nobody claims science is perfect, but it seems to work just fine just the same.

I just don't like it when people make claims that science is a religion. In my experience that suggests that they may either have an inordinate interest in religion, or an animosity to science. I think this Nobel laureate is the former.

Sorry for the rant, my friend.