Can Faith and Science Coexist?

John responds to the question in Scientific American:

It was a great pleasure for me to meet and have a spirited discussion with John Horgan. We found that we had much in common, including good scientific grounds for not being atheists, which made it all the more interesting to discuss the areas where we differed. Horgan is right to suggest that I appeal to the heart as well as the head since God is not a theory but a person and so a holistic approach is apposite–but I don’t appeal to the heart as opposed to the head!

I was rather amused when I saw the title: “Can Faith and Science Coexist?” since in one sense the answer is obvious and has nothing to do with God. All scientists presuppose and therefore have faith in the rational intelligibility of the universe …