"All of us, to a greater or lesser degree make use of the products of technology, although we are ignorant of its scientific foundations: Which of us can calculate or verify the statics of a building? Which of us knows how an elevator works — to say nothing of the worlds of electricity and electronics, which are so familiar to us? And how far — to move onto a much more delicate subject — can we trust the information on the packaging of a pharmaceutical compound? We could multiply examples.... We live in a network of unknown qualities, with the general expectation that these will provide us with positive experiences. We believe that all this is not unfounded, and this kind of 'faith' allows us to enjoy the benefits of other people's professional knowledge."
[Update: the above quote is from J. Ratzinger, Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures, p 80-81]
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