Comments on: The Beast Within

By: a. Irving Moore Jr.

a. Irving Moore Jr. — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:54:19 +0000

You have just said what I have always felt but could not find the words.

By: Alan H Douglas VMD

Alan H Douglas VMD — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:01:31 +0000

Those of us who look forward each day to One Universe At A Time certainly see your passion and wonder in your writing. Don’t worry about ramping up the emotional level; you’re coming through loud and clear.

By: Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 13:32:50 +0000

Well said. I applaud you for taking the risks of showing your humanity.

By: Tino Koschinski

Tino Koschinski — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:40:08 +0000

I have seen you roaring – when somebody gives you the “right” newspaper article to read 🙂

By: Jpatrick

Jpatrick — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:48:45 +0000

Perhaps the biggest enemy of science is an individual’s pride. You can spend hours, days, months, even years striving to understand ideas that are later shown to be false. Science is the process of realizing that things are not as they seemed to be, and probably are not as they now seem. Advancing science means that you have to unlearn, and sometimes un-believe. For example, it is only within the last couple generations that we have come to realize that the entire universe consists mostly of matter and energy that are not even close to understanding.

I’m always amazed at how many people I come across who are highly educated, capable of mastering arcane concepts, and yet utterly inept at the skill of un-believing. We always have to ask “how do we know?” If you ask that question enough times, eventually the thought process will take you back to a handful of axioms. If you begin to question those, then you should contact the Philosophy department.