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Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Sunday, 3 February 2019
Medicine and Islam
Saturday, 24 November 2018
Theory of Evolution
On The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, was published #OnThisDay 1859 https://t.co/Na0BpOTt6G— In Our Time (@BBCInOurTime) November 24, 2018
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Prof Feynman
Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory. pic.twitter.com/aI78suiMc5— Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman) November 12, 2018
Saturday, 7 October 2017
The illustrated story of how Persian polymath Ibn Sina shaped the course of science https://t.co/Y1E4nPeu5d pic.twitter.com/7LRMY3Y3iH— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) October 4, 2017
Sunday, 27 November 2016
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Science & Religion
This very interesting article was written in Brain Pickings (a website about philosophy, writing etc) and it refers to Carl Sagan, a very famous Scientist, his thoughts about Science and Religion. Let me share with you one of the passages but hey!There is much more and of course, even better, the book!
About the awe in Nature:
"In its encounter with Nature, science invariably elicits a sense of reverence and awe. The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos. And the cumulative worldwide build-up of knowledge over time converts science into something only a little short of a trans-national, trans-generational meta-mind.
“Spirit” comes from the Latin word “to breathe.” What we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. Despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word “spiritual” that we are talking of anything other than matter (including the matter of which the brain is made), or anything outside the realm of science. On occasion, I will feel free to use the word. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or of acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
I thought it sheds lights into the debate about the compatibility between Science and Religion. I hope you enjoy it!
About the awe in Nature:
"In its encounter with Nature, science invariably elicits a sense of reverence and awe. The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos. And the cumulative worldwide build-up of knowledge over time converts science into something only a little short of a trans-national, trans-generational meta-mind.
“Spirit” comes from the Latin word “to breathe.” What we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. Despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word “spiritual” that we are talking of anything other than matter (including the matter of which the brain is made), or anything outside the realm of science. On occasion, I will feel free to use the word. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or of acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
I thought it sheds lights into the debate about the compatibility between Science and Religion. I hope you enjoy it!
Thursday, 4 April 2013
The problems of modern Philosophy and Science: The Philosophy of the Higgs
An excellent article about Science and Philosophy with very relevant Epistemological (study of Knowledge) questions. Read here
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