Så här svarar Bill Gates i en längre intervju i tidningen Rolling Stone på frågan om han tror på Gud: I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill. But the mystery and the beauty of the world is overwhelmingly amazing, and there's no scientific explanation of how it came about. To say that it was generated by random numbers, that does seem, you know, sort of an uncharitable view [ laughs ]. I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know. Det är helt klart så att vi håller på att tina upp även här i Sverige då frågor om gudstro kommer på tapeten. Länge nog har Tro och Vetande ansetts vara varandras logiska motpoler, och istället börjar vi inse vad...