The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7208 p133-134
27 July 2002

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Science in pharmacy

Unbalanced and materialistic outlook

From Dr S. Pashley

I write as one who has retired from the register, but still enjoys reading his wife's Journal.

John Sharp (PJ, 20 July, p98) makes some sweeping assertions, and reveals a surprisingly unbalanced and materialistic outlook, in stating that science is the bedrock of all things and "They [molecules] are the daily everything". He appears to reject any facet of existence other than scientific endeavour. He leaves no room for the spiritual, for the arts and humanities, or for human emotion and creativity.

Molecules may be everywhere, but for the overwhelming majority of people they do not feature at all in the daily round. I applaud the Nottingham roadshow for bringing enlightenment to the masses concerning these "odd things that occasionally impact upon everyday life".

Surely our response to the created world around us is of far more importance than inanimate chemicals per se.

Steve Pashley
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

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