Peaceful Science Conversations in Real-Life Contexts

Biostats
Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:48:21 +0000
Conversation

Hi all,

My name is Scott. I’m a recent (one month ago today, actually!) PhD graduate in Biostatistics. Despite the “Bio” appended to “statistics”, I am personally more inclined to mathematical statistics, and my dissertation would not have been out of place in a pure Statistics department.

Due to the pandemic and some other circumstances, I completed the majority of my studies online, and much of my interaction with others was limited to Zoom meetings with my advisor and research group. I am now preparing to enter the workforce, and am currently considering one final offer for a faculty research position, and one final offer to work as a statistician at a national lab.

Thus, I would like to ask folks here if they have any advice for conducting conversations related to faith and science in real-life, physical contexts. I unfortunately have very little experience with all of this, and thought that some here might. Thanks in advance.

As a brief disclaimer, I am a Christian, and have long wrestled with questions of the age of the earth, how to read genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve, and the like. I’m not even sure how I would describe my position at this point, but I appreciate the willingness of Peaceful Science to allow people to wrestle with these issues.

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