Science Cathedrals
Places of worship for scientists.
Folksonomies: science religion worship
Memes
22 JUN 2012
Seneca on Ancient Forests
When you enter some grove, peopled with ancient trees, such as are higher than ordinary, and whose boughs are so closely interwoven that you cannot see the sky; the stately loftiness of the wood, the privacy of the place, and the awful gloom, cannot but strike you, as with the presence of a deity. Folksonomies: nature
Folksonomies: nature
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Standing in one is like being in the presence of a deity.
21 JUN 2012
Teddy Roosevelt on Nature
A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral. The extermination of the passenger pigeon meant that mankind was just so much poorer; exactly as in the case of the destruction of the cathedral at Rheims. And to lose the chance to see frigate-birds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they ho...Folksonomies: nature spirituality
Folksonomies: nature spirituality
Nature is like a cathedral with every living thing a masterpiece.
21 JUN 2012
Universities have Replaced Cathedrals
We thought of universities as the cathedrals of the modern world. In the middle ages, the cathedral was the center and symbol of the city. In the modern world, its place could be taken by the university. In the modern world.
01 JUN 2012
Parable of Many People Working on a Large Project
A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the mason replied, “I am making stones.” He asked a stone carver what he was doing. “I am carving a gargoyle.&rdquo. And so it went, each person said in detail what they were doing. Finally he came to an old woman who was sweeping the ground. She said. “I am helping build a cathedral.”
...Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one...Often we are so immersed in the details of our work that we fail to see the big picture of what we are contributing to. I could see this parable apply to anyone in our society, where we all are building civilization.
06 SEP 2011
Science Revelations
[I]t is truth alone—scientific, established, proved, and rational truth—which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may still say perhaps, 'faith governs the world,'—but the faith of the present is no longer in revelation or in the priest—it is in reason and in science.Have replaced faith revelations in their ability to satisfy the mind.
29 MAY 2011
Science Works Better than Religion
Religion, magic, science: All assume a reality behind the commonplace that gives meaning and structure to the world, and which might somehow be made to work for our benefit. Thus we have offered prayers, incense, and sacrifice to the gods, cast magical spells and incantations, or built, for example, colossally expensive particle accelerators to probe the inner secrets of atoms and the first moments of the ultra-hot big bang.
To what effect? As for prayer, the gods have been dramatically nonf...If we think of the particle accelerators, NASA, Universities, and other buildings, then cathedrals to science outnumber those to religion, and that is because science produces results.
References
22 JUN 2012
The epistles of Lucius Annæus Seneca [tr.] with large an...
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Seneca , Lucius Annaeus (1786), The epistles of Lucius Annæus Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, Retrieved on 2012-06-22Source Material [books.google.com]
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21 JUN 2012
A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Roosevelt , Theodore (1916), A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open , 316-317, Retrieved on 2012-06-21
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21 JUN 2012
Science with a human face
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Revelle , Dorfman , Rogers (1997-08-01), Science with a human face, Harvard Univ Pr, Retrieved on 2012-06-21Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: nature
Folksonomies: nature
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01 JUN 2012
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Hamming , Richard W. and Hamming , Richard Wesley (1997), The Art of Doing Science and Engineering, Taylor & Francis, Retrieved on 2012-06-01Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: engineering
Folksonomies: engineering
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06 SEP 2011
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime Of Henri Frederic Ami...
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Amiel , Henri Frederic (2010-09-10), Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime Of Henri Frederic Amiel (1889), Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Retrieved on 2011-09-06
Folksonomies: philosophy autobiography
Folksonomies: philosophy autobiography
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29 MAY 2011
When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Rel...
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Raymo , Chet (2008-09), When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist, Sorin Books, Retrieved on 2011-05-29
Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism naturalism
Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism naturalism
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