Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1233 w/Brian Cox:
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Someone once asked me why I liked science so much. Here was my answer: if we look at life, at any level, specifically the functioning of a life form. It eats, observes its surroundings, may have thought, communication, emotion, etc… and if we consider that as Cox mentioned (that Carl Sagan has also said) that we are made of stars (elements), in particular, compounds formed by those elements we must acknowledge that those compounds are formed by the sharing or transfer of electrons. So, everything we know, dream, digest, say, envision in our mind’s eye, remember, construct, feel, create, etc. is possible because electrons form bonds. That’s pretty friggin wild. On a more rudimentary level it’s all energy transfer. Since energy and matter are 2 sides of the same coin, chew on that for a while. It’s beautiful.
How do u measure what a soul is if it’s something u don’t fully understand?
Science and people like Mr Cox have the ability to do all they can to understand how the universe works and our relation to it is important and fascinating, However I accept that there are things that are just not knowable, no matter how advanced Science gets. That is the way its supposed to be. It's the place beyond, where human souls reside with God , the creator. Faith cannot be measured by Science, they comfortably co-exist. I'm cool with that.
The thought that a life is important creates the morality, but if you think as particles anything is ok.
Brian is making the assumption, as do a lot of scientists, that everthing is measurable. What about the supernatural? You can't measure the supernatural with the natural. So if the soul or spirit is present in the human body, science can not prove it nor disprove it. I think it is a little arrogant when scientists take on the question of do we have a soul when it is not in the realm of science.