Philosophy lets you imagine the infinity, and Science makes you get there.
We gain from the new science of mind not only insights into ourselves - how we perceive, learn, remember, feel, believe and act - but also a new perspective of ourselves and our fellow human beings in the context of biological evolution.
My question to the atheist is, do you want an atheist world or a peaceful world? And to the believer, do you want a religious world or a peaceful world? Religious orientation doesn't define peace, but the answer here may define one's true nature.
It has always been science versus fundamentalism, not science versus religion.
The perception of reality is something that is constructed by the human mind based on its own needs and knacks.
Those who put their heart and soul into something bigger than themselves, never die from the psyche of humanity.
Humanism is not a pompous philosophy to be talked and debated about by a handful of intellectuals - it is the purest form of moral compass, which defines the civilized heart of thinking humanity.