Dr. Francis Collins on faith, science and healing our divisions

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🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Francis Collins has dedicated his life to easing human suffering – and has often succeeded. He made his mark as the man who led the team that mapped the human genome, unlocking a new world of possibilities in medicine. He went on to head the National Institutes of Health under three different presidents.

Collins says he was always guided by an optimism based in his belief in science and his evangelical Christian faith.

But that optimistic view of society was shaken during the Covid-19 crisis as he saw people reject a lifesaving vaccine based on profound mistrust.

Since then, Collins has embarked on a journey to understand how our divisions became so deep – and how we can bridge them. His new book is titled The Road To Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, And Trust.

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0:00.0	I hit Diane on my mind Dr. Francis Collins and a prescription for healing our divisions.
0:15.0	Dr Collins has dedicated his life to easing human suffering
0:21.0	and has often succeeded. He made his mark as the man who mapped the human genome
0:29.7	unlocking a new world of possibilities in medicine.
0:35.0	He went on to lead the National Institutes of Help
0:40.0	under three different presidents. He was always guided, he says, by an optimism based in his belief in science and his evangelical Christian faith.
0:55.0	But that optimistic view of society was shaken during the COVID-19 crisis, as he saw people reject a life-saving vaccine based on profound mistrust.
1:12.0	Since then, Dr. Collins has embarked on a journey to understand how our divisions
1:20.4	became so deep and how we can bridge them.
1:25.0	His new book is titled The Road to Wisdom
1:30.0	on Truth, Science, faith, and trust.
1:36.2	Dr Collins, it is so good to see you.
1:40.0	Wonderful to see you, Diane.
1:42.1	I've enjoyed our previous conversations over the years and looking forward to the one today.
1:47.3	The first thing I want to know is how are you?
1:52.0	I'm doing really well. It has been an interesting year getting a
1:56.7	diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer back in February and March and then
2:01.5	undergoing a radical surgical procedure on April the 26th.
2:06.9	But the outcome seems to be really good.
2:09.6	The margins of the surgical experiment were clean.
2:14.5	The nodes were negative.
2:16.1	And I'm optimistic that this was discovered
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