If we could stop thinking of 'meaning' and 'purpose' as artifacts of some divine creative act and see them instead as the yield of our own creative future, they become goals, intentions and processes very much in reach rather than the shadows of childlike, superstitious mythology.
Douglas RushkoffTag: science inspirational
The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in this imperfect science, what we in fact covet in our way, is the alterable moment-the fragile but crystalline opportunity for one's know-how, ability, or just gut instinct to change the course of another's life for the better.
Atul GawandeCreating a better future
Requires creativity in the present.
Tag: wisdom science future creativity innovation
If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far.
Thomm QuackenbushTag: science belief religion superstition turtle
Amicus scientia est amicus Deus: Friend of science is the friend of God!
Mehmet Murat ildanTag: science
If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
Stephen HawkingTag: science time-travel
Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.
James RozoffTag: science
There is adventure in finding compelling stories and exploring complex issues in challenging environments, but there is also a responsibility to tell those stories accurately and objectively.
K. Lee LernerTag: science geography news global-issues kleelerner
Cosmology is a science which has only a few observable facts to work with.
Robert Woodrow WilsonTag: science cosmology facts nobel-laureate nobel-lecture observable
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own making. When called upon to act independently, we cry for patterns, systems, and authorities. If by enlightenment and intellectual progress we mean the freeing of man from superstitious belief in evil forces, in demons and fairies, in blind fate--in short, the emancipation from fear--then denunciation of what is currently called reason is the greatest service reason can render.
Max HorkheimerTag: science progress humanity philosophy rationality calculation
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