{"product_id":"the-road-to-wisdom-on-truth-science-faith-and-trust","title":"The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2025 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From \"national treasure\" Francis Collins (Philip Yancey), the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of God \u003c\/i\u003eand former director of the National Institutes of Health, comes a deeply thoughtful guidebook to get us beyond societal divisions and back to the sources of wisdom--\"\u003cb\u003ethe sort that can save us before it is too late\" (Jane Goodall).\u003c\/b\u003e As the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, we have become not just a hyper-partisan society but also a deeply cynical one, distrustful of traditional sources of knowledge and wisdom. Skepticism about vaccines led to the needless deaths of at least 230,000 Americans. \"Do your own research\" is now a rallying cry in many online rabbit holes. Yet experts can make mistakes, and institutions can lose their moral compass. So how can we navigate through all this? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Collins reminds us of the four core sources of judgement and clear thinking: truth, science, faith, and trust. Drawing on his work from the Human Genome Project and heading the National Institutes of Health, as well as on ethics, philosophy, and Christian theology, Collins makes a robust, thoughtful case for each of these sources--their reliability, and their limits. Ultimately, he shows how they work together, not separately--and certainly not in conflict. It is only when we relink these four foundations of wisdom that we can begin to discern the best path forward in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Thoughtful, accessible, winsome, and deeply wise, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e leads us beyond current animosities to surer footing. Here is the moral, philosophical, and scientific framework with which to address the problems of our time--including distrust of public health, partisanship, racism, response to climate change, and threats to our democracy--but also to guide us in our daily lives. This is a book that will repay many readings, and resolve dilemmas that we all face every day.","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937444823271,"sku":"9780316576307","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_338b8223-9790-467d-bf05-8c495023d233.jpg?v=1775009815","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-road-to-wisdom-on-truth-science-faith-and-trust","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}