An Enlightenment Manifesto
A collection of memes from famous scientists and exponents of science for constructing a manifesto for scientific thought and principles. A mythology for appreciating reality.
Sub-schemas
- Be Optimistic
- Empiricism
- Illuminate the Opposition
- Insight is the Greatest Virtue
- Instilling Children with the Sense of Wonder
- Living the Scientific Life
- Metaphors for Understanding Science
- Our Place in the Cosmos
- Raising Enlightened Children
- Science is Egalitarian
- Scientific Virtues
- Seeing Farther Through Science
- The Scientist Takes No Position on God
- The Scientist's Oath
- The Scientist's Unique Perspectives on Nature
- The Wonder is All Around You
1 meme in this schema
Transcript of Adam Savage's Speech at the Reason Rally in DC 03/24/2012
I have been racking my brain for the past few weeks trying to think of ways to talk about reason and being reasonable. It turns out it's not a simple subject. I am a very non-confrontational person. I am, most of the time, the very definition of a reasonable man. I don't like telling people things they don't want to…