Luther scholar and microbiologist Alister McGrath writes, “Like It Or Not, We May Be ‘Meaning Junkies.'” Any philosophy of life or way of thinking about the questions that really matter will end up going beyond science. Why? Not because there is anything wrong with science. The point is that science works so well because it is so focused and specific in its methods. But scientists think and care about the big questions of meaning as much as anyone else. If science can’t answer them, they’ll just look for answers elsewhere, in the worlds of metaphysics and faith.
