'imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centures since the bible was written. and it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all... i personally resent it bitterly.' - isaac asimov
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Showing posts with label not-so-famous quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label not-so-famous quotes. Show all posts
the only subject is love
the opposite of hatred is love
the opposite of tyranny is love
the opposite of censorship is love
the opposite of evil is love
the opposite of politics is love
the opposite of war is love
the opposite of god is love
- salman rushdie
salman rusdie and friends in conversation at emory university:
the opposite of tyranny is love
the opposite of censorship is love
the opposite of evil is love
the opposite of politics is love
the opposite of war is love
the opposite of god is love
- salman rushdie
salman rusdie and friends in conversation at emory university:
not-so-famous-quotes xiii
'creationism lost its best argument when the catholic church stopped burning people at the stake.' - unknown source
not-so-famous-quotes xii
'it's a very very sad commentary on the values in our culture when shooting a ball into a basket is more laudable, more praiseworthy, more admirable and more rewarded than teasing out some fundamental truth about the natural world or finding a cure for AIDS or cancer.'
- one of a long series of poignant observations by carolyn porco
(video embedded here)
- one of a long series of poignant observations by carolyn porco
(video embedded here)
not-so-famous-quotes x
'there are two parts to the human dilemma.
one is the belief that the end justifies the means... that pushbutton philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering that has become the monster in the war machine.
the other is the betrayal of the human spirit. the assertion of dogma that closes the mind and turns a nation, a civilization, into a regiment of ghosts. obedient ghosts or tortured ghosts.'
it's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. that's false -- tragically false.
look for yourself. this is the concentration camp and crematorium in auschwitz where people were turned into numbers. into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people and that was not done by gas. it was done by arrogance. it was done by dogma. it was done by ignorance.
when people believe that they have absolute knowledge with no test in reality, this is how they behave.
this is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods.
science is a very human form of knowledge. we are always at the brink of the known. we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. every judgement in science stands on the edge of error and is personal.
science is a tribe to what we can know although we are fallible.
in the end, the words were said by oliver cromwell: 'i beseech you in the bowels of christ... think it possible you may be mistaken.' '
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
one is the belief that the end justifies the means... that pushbutton philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering that has become the monster in the war machine.
the other is the betrayal of the human spirit. the assertion of dogma that closes the mind and turns a nation, a civilization, into a regiment of ghosts. obedient ghosts or tortured ghosts.'
it's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. that's false -- tragically false.
look for yourself. this is the concentration camp and crematorium in auschwitz where people were turned into numbers. into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people and that was not done by gas. it was done by arrogance. it was done by dogma. it was done by ignorance.
when people believe that they have absolute knowledge with no test in reality, this is how they behave.
this is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods.
science is a very human form of knowledge. we are always at the brink of the known. we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. every judgement in science stands on the edge of error and is personal.
science is a tribe to what we can know although we are fallible.
in the end, the words were said by oliver cromwell: 'i beseech you in the bowels of christ... think it possible you may be mistaken.' '
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
not-so-famous-quotes viii
'war -- organized war -- is not a human instinct. it is a highly planned and cooperative form of theft... and that form of theft began 10,000 years ago when the harvesters of wheat accumulated a surplus and the nomads rose out of the desert to rob them of what they themselves could not provide.'
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
not-so-famous-quotes vii
'man survived the fierce test of the ice ages because he had the flexibility of mind to recognize inventions and turn them into community property.'
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
- jacob bronowski, 'the ascent of man'
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