# Physics and Buddhism: 4 elements and rupa kalāpa

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> [@RobertK](#):
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> Yes I think so. Through education and culture, knowingly or unknowingly, we often assign our faith to science rather than to the Dhamma. We then expect the Dhamma to align itself with science, which we think of as having somehow greater understanding. It is an issue of this era.

Yes, and many of them haven’t read this excellent 2020 book:

> [@Issues in Scientific Publishing](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/issues-in-scientific-publishing/2702/1):
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> Here are a few paragraphs on the **replication crisis** for your reflection from the excellent 2020 book _Science Fictions_ by Stuart Ritchie:

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