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"[With] the establishment of a reverential attitud toward any statement made by a classical author [s]cholars bec[o]me commentators on truths too fragile to bear translation. science which hesitates to forget its founders is l Alfred North Whitehead Interpretation of Science

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There may or may not be a God. Or Gods. Yet there is something ennobling about our search for the divine. And also something humanizing, which is reflected in each of the paths people have discovered to take us to deeper levels of truth. Some seek transcendence in meditation or prayers; others seek it in service to their fellow human beings; still others, the ones lucky enough to have the talent, seek transcendence in the practice of an art. Another way of engaging life's deepest questions is science. Not that every scientist is a seeker; most are not. But within every scientific discipline there are those driven by a passion to know what is most essentially true about their subject. Only a handful of scientists have the patience for this work. It is the riskiest kind of work, but the most rewarding: when someone answers a question about the foundations of a subject, it can change everything we know. Lee Smolin "The trouble with physics": The Rise of String Theory, and the Fall of Science, and What comes Next.

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Page 1: "[With] the establishment of a reverential attitude toward any statement made by a classical author, [s]cholars bec[o]me commentators on truths too fragile

"[With] the establishment of a reverential attitude toward any statement made by a classical author,

[s]cholars bec[o]me commentators on truths too fragile to bear translation.

A science which hesitates to forget its founders is lost."

Alfred North Whitehead Interpretation of Science

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DARWINISM vs. EVOLUTION

Charles S. Peirce Alfred North Whitehead

Erwin Schrödinger John von Neumann

Chance, Love and Logic Process and Reality

What is Life Self-ReplicatingAutomata

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There may or may not be a God. Or Gods. Yet there issomething ennobling about our search for the divine.And also something humanizing, which is reflected in eachof the paths people have discovered to take us todeeper levels of truth.

Some seek transcendence in meditation or prayers;others seek it in service to their fellow human beings;still others, the ones lucky enough to have the talent,seek transcendence in the practice of an art.

Another way of engaging life's deepest questions is science.Not that every scientist is a seeker; most are not.But within every scientific discipline there are those driven by a passion to know what is most essentially true about their subject.

Only a handful of scientists have the patience for this work.It is the riskiest kind of work, but the most rewarding:when someone answers a question about the foundations ofa subject, it can change everything we know.

Lee Smolin "The trouble with physics": The Rise of String Theory, and the Fall of Science, and What comes Next.

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“All science is either physics or stamp collecting”

Ernest Rutherford

19th century clouds over the dynamical theory of heat and light.

Lord Kelvin, 1901

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Think whatever thoughts you please, so Long’s you make ‘em Darwinese, yes Everybody say his own Kyrie eleison Get your pass at the alter.

                     Apologies to Tom Lehrer.

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What is true is not newWhat is true is not new

What is new is not What is new is not sciencescience