Science and faith

I DISAGREE with Dr Mary Brown (Letters, 23 March), who appears to fundamentally misunderstand “science”, which is concerned with maximising our understanding of any particular subject or object, and testing it to the point of 
failure, not content with a single “answer”.

Quoting Erasmus does not counter science: there is no evidence that the soul persists after death; that is merely faith. Personally, I prefer increased 
understanding rather than the need to resort to such “magical” thinking.

I also quite like the idea that the biochemical imbalances associated with feelings of “being in love” are similar to those found in certain mental illnesses. Not very romantic, though.

Neil Sinclair

Edinburgh