Einstein, Buddhism, and the Mindful Universe of Pregnancy

The Human Factor: Einstein admired Buddhism for its humility before the unknown. Kahneman showed why we should too. Pregnancy may be where science, compassion, and uncertainty meet most profoundly.

Albert Einstein, the famous scientist, once said that if there were any religion that could meet the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. He admired its lack of dogma, its embrace of uncertainty, and its respect for observation and balance. Strangely enough, those same principles describe the most profound state of observation there is — pregn…