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Thought For the Day: Climate Science Has Become Less About Understanding the Complexities of the World and More About Serving As A Kind of Cassandra
“To put it bluntly, climate science has become less about understanding the complexities of the world and more about serving as a kind of Cassandra, urgently warning the public about the dangers of climate change.” – Patrick Brown I Left … Continue reading
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Tagged Blunt, Cassandra, Climate Change, Climate Science, Complex, Danger, Nature, Patrick Brown, Public, Science, Serve, The Free Press, Thought For the Day, Understand, Urgent, Warn, World
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Truth: the Truth That Lights the Way and the Truth That Warms The Heart. The First of These Is Science, and the Second is Art
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Chandler, Heart, Important, Independent, Inhuman, Light, Other, Raymond Thornton, Ridiculous, Science, Thought For the Day, Truth, Two Kinds, Warm, Way
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Thought For the Day: Most Creativity Is A Transition From One Context Into Another Where Things Are More Surprising
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the ‘Aha’. Art also has this element. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Aha, Alan Key, Art, Context, Creativity, Element, Laughter, Reality, Science, Surprising, Thought For the Day, Transition
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Thought For the Day: There Is Beauty In Discovery
“There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial … Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial, Artisan, Beauty, Description, Different Camps, Different Disciplines, Disocvery, Economist, Exquisite Form, Face, Glenn T. Seaborg, Historian, Literate, Math, Molecule, Music, Musician, Nature, Philosopher, Poet, Poetry, Political Analyst, Science, Scientist, Thought For the Day, Unity of Knowledge
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First Principles: War, Like Most Other Things, Is A Science To Be Acquired and Perfected By Diligence, By Perseverance, By Time, and By Practice
“War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Acquire, Alexander Hamilton, Diligence, First Principles, Other Things, Perfect, Perseverance, Practice, Science, Time, War
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Thought For the Day: Science Never Selects A Single Narrative…We Foster Debate. And We’re Confident That With Debate, Science Will Eventually Get To the Truth
“Science never selects a single narrative. … We foster debate. And we’re confident that with debate, science will eventually get to the truth.” – Robert Redfield, M.D., former head of the CDC How many times have I said this and … Continue reading
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Tagged Confident, Debate, Foster, Robert Redfield, Science, Select, Single Narrative, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress
“Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress. The Persistent Accusations That We Take Comfort In Agreeing With One Another Come From Those Who Have Never Attended Scientific Conferences.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson, in Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives On Civilization , … Continue reading
Eudaimonia
Eudaimoniaby Michael DoyleAs a matter of virtue and philosophical inquiryAristotle unveiled many a treasured mysterySetting eudaimonia as the telos of human lifeTranslated toward peace and against strifeInvestigations into the dream of pure reasonTurning the colors of each passing seasonThe functionality … Continue reading
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First Principles: Give Up Money, Give Up Fame, Give Up Science, Give the Earth Itself and All It Contains Rather Than Do An Immoral Act
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Contains, Earth, Fame, First Principles, Give Up, Immoral Act, Money, Science, Thomas Jefferson
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