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A voice for reason

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Re: A voice for reason

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Robert Tulip wrote:Carl Sagan smoked weed
Explains a lot.
n=Infinity
Sum n = -1/12
n=1

where n are natural numbers.
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http://www.wimp.com/goingto/

RIchard Dawkins on the unliklihood of life.
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Compiled from another thread:


Mr. Tyson speaks about god, science and the threshold of knowledge.


a snippet:

I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever been shown to be a rich source of scientific answers and understanding, we would be mining it daily for cosmic discovery. Yet my vocabulary of scientific inspiration strongly overlaps with that of religious enthusiasts. I, like Ptolemy, am humbled in the presence of our clockwork universe. When I am on the cosmic frontier, and I touch the laws of physics with my pen, or when I look upon the endless sky from an observatory on a mountaintop, I well up with an admiration for its splendor. But I do so knowing and accepting that if I propose a God beyond that horizon, one who graces our valley of collective ignorance, the day will come when our sphere of knowledge will have grown so large that I will have no need of that hypothesis.




http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/

UPDATE:

DOH! Those specific pages were moved. The above link will take you to his home page though. Look around. Good stuff to be had.
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I like this bit:
Believe me, if the Bible had ever been shown to be a rich source of scientific answers and understanding, we would be mining it daily for cosmic discovery.
God doesn't seem too good at science, or history... or even realizing there is life outside of the ancient Middle East.
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Sagan on the Seti program.

http://www.wimp.com/saganseries/
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Sagan speaks about the benefits of space travel.

http://www.wimp.com/goingspace/
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Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?

Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
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johnson1010 wrote:Sagan speaks about the benefits of space travel.

http://www.wimp.com/goingspace/
Thanks Johnson, nice video. America has such a Star Trek myth, and cancelling the shuttle program creates a sort of loss of meaning and purpose for a people who have been expanding into new frontiers since Plymouth Rock. My view is that the real next frontier is the ocean, as a way to fix our planet before colonizing space.

Space: the final frontier

Meaning

The first line of the opening voiceover in Star Trek

Origin

This introductory text was spoken at the beginning of many Star Trek television episodes and films:

Space: The final frontier
These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise
Its 5 year mission
To explore strange new worlds
To seek out new life and new civilizations
To boldly go where no man has gone before
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about our interconnected universe.

http://vimeo.com/30216052
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Richard Feynman talking about the world.

This guy was good. I gotta get more richard reynman in my life.



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-Guillermo Del Torro

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Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
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about our boy Isaac Newton.

http://www.wimp.com/isaacnewton/
In the absence of God, I found Man.
-Guillermo Del Torro

Are you pushing your own short comings on us and safely hating them from a distance?

Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?

Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
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