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FEATURES | EASTERN HORIZON 45
THE DALAI LAMA, “RELIGION
WITHOUT QUANTUM
PHYSICS IS AN INCOMPLETE
PICTURE OF REALITY”
By Daniel Oberhause
Daniel Oberhaus is a staff writer His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He is
at Motherboard. His work committed to promoting basic human values, to fostering inter-religious harmony,
advocating for the welfare of the Tibetan people and reviving ancient Indian
has appeared in The Atlantic, knowledge. His Holiness was awarded the Noble peace Prize in 1989 for his relentless
Popular Mechanics, Slate, The pursuit of peace in Tibet.
Baffler, Nautilus, Vice, The Awl,
The Outline, and elsewhere. Ever since Copernicus published On 1633, a testament to the fragility of
He is writing a book about the Revolutions of the Heavenly this philosophical truce.
astrolinguistics (MIT Press, Spheres in 1543 to outline his
2019) and contributed to heliocentric cosmology and This either/or approach to the
Delay and Disruption Tolerant thereby kick start modern scientific world, where one considers
Networks: Interplanetary and inquiry, an uneasy truce has existed phenomena through either a
Earth-Bound (CRC Press, 2018). between science and religion. scientific or religious lens, has
Although Copernicus wasn’t colored scientific inquiry ever
persecuted for his views by the since Galileo was placed under
dominant religious authorities (in house arrest for his heretical (but
fact, Pope Clement VII expressed scientifically accurate) views. Its
great interest in Copernicus’s legacy can still be seen today in the
work, and the latter would end up vehement spats between religiously
dedicating his Revolutions to Pope motivated climate deniers and the
Paul III), his intellectual heir Galileo militaristic guardians of science
was not so lucky when he faced known as the New Atheists.
down the Roman Inquisition in
