Liverpool Cathedral is set to host a ground-breaking event as Accelerator physicists, particle physicists, and theologians come together for a thought-provoking panel discussion, ‘Beyond Boundaries: A Dialogue on Science and Faith’.
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00:00 Liverpool Cathedral has played host to a groundbreaking event, transcending traditional boundaries
00:08 as physicists and theologians have come together for a thought-provoking discussion.
00:14 When you look up into the night sky and you have to realise how tiny we are and at the
00:19 same time that there is this 95% of the universe where fundamentally we have no idea what's
00:25 going on. So we have concepts like dark energy, dark matter, but really at the end of the
00:30 day we do not have a full understanding of nature and that big question why is what drives
00:36 us every day and I think that's absolutely fascinating.
00:40 The event aims to explore the common ground between science, philosophy and religion.
00:45 This dialogue may conjure up parallels with Dan Brown's best-seller Angels and Demons.
00:50 Yeah, there are amazing parallels. I mean as I said I will talk about the antimatter
00:55 research we do at CERN as in the book and here I am in a cathedral, not St. Peter's
01:01 as they use in the book, but in Liverpool Cathedral and the environment is just fantastic
01:06 because this place just sparks questions and imagination and I think it's the ideal place
01:12 to talk about science and faith in parallel.
01:15 Sixth form students from schools and colleges across the region have been to the cathedral
01:19 to learn about the cutting-edge research and development in particle physics and accelerators,
01:25 aiming to inspire and encourage future generations to pursue careers in physics, engineering
01:31 and clinical sciences.
01:32 I think we see a lot of science in the news, but there's still a real challenge to get
01:38 younger people to go into scientific disciplines, to be career scientists, as indeed I am, as
01:44 indeed our colleagues here, all are career scientists and it's a wonderful career to
01:49 be in really. It's wonderful to be at that cutting edge of things, to find out more and
01:54 more in my field, to see how we apply that to patients. My particular field is cancer
02:00 therapy, how we can help them with diagnosing their disease earlier in order to actually
02:06 bring new treatments on board and make those more effective.
02:09 The panel members, each a distinguished figure in their respective fields, have been engaging
02:14 in conversation delving into the intersections of scientific inquiry and matters of faith.
02:20 It's how do we engage with science and our faith. For people like myself, and there are
02:26 many, many people like myself, we hold and complement our faith and our science together.
02:31 There aren't any difficulties in studying science, looking for that evidence.
02:36 To address the big questions that society face today, we have to work globally with
02:42 partners and friends all around the world, bring the best minds and skills together in
02:47 order to tackle these questions. I think that is just such a fascinating area.
02:52 The event marks a significant milestone in celebrating the cathedral's centenary since
02:58 its consecration as a place of worship in 1924.