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there is a place you can go, even for just a moment - to contemplate reality. to absorb knowledge. to become more scientifically literate than you were before. in this place you may see things that frighten you, that shock you, that force you to question the world around you. within this place you have the ability to discuss, contemplate & define your own inner peace. this is a place that strives to educate in order to achieve a more harmonious balance with the world & grasp the actions needed to perfect our life, our world or our own personal corner of the planet. within this place, your ideas, current education, ideals, traditions & religions may be tested. this place will challenge your mind, build your courage & embrace your fears. this place encourages you to understand your place in the universe. just like the world we know, this will not always be a safe place. this place is not a room to hide in, it is a gateway to a higher sense of purpose. this place is an open door that allows you to move freely at your own pace without prejudice or judgement. this is that place. and it's yours. and ultimately, it's whatever you need it to be in your place in time. peace & love to each of you. enjoy. |
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“…The actual relationship between religion and science is far more complex and varied. Often, religion has actively encouraged science. If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.”
— Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D.
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Notes"I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe."Richard Feynman (via madman-with-a-blog)
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Notes"When our sun runs out of energy by fusing all its atoms into iron, our star will create a planetary nebula, spewing out the stuff of life. Stars have done this before. The proof is us."Laura Burchell (astrotastic)
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Notes Depressing Facts: Pro-choice vs Pro-lifeDo you think you know where you stand on abortion?
Give it 33 minutes to make sure you’re solid on your stance.
Aw, if it isn’t Ray Comfort’s new movie!
First off, the 180 movie is absolute bullshit,…
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Notes"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."David Hume (via bluecheesethinkology)
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Notes"Anything you don’t understand, Mr. Rankin, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it."Carl Sagan in “Contact” (via ageofreason)
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NotesSir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
This is by far the best TED Talk I have ever seen. It was brilliant. This man is brilliant. PLEASE watch it. I want to quote the entire thing.
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Notes"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of."Wittgenstein (via anidhorchaidhe)
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Positivism
The only authentic knowledge is that which is based on sense, experience and positive verification. Scientific method is the best process for uncovering the processes by which both physical and human events occur.
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Notes Depressing Facts: The Transcendental Argument for the Non-existence of GodThis is an argument presented by Michael Martin, a professor of philosophy at Boston University.
[This article originally appeared in the Autumn 1996 issue of The New Zealand Rationalist & Humanist.]
Some Christian philosophers have made the incredible argument that logic, science and…
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NotesGod’s Existence | Design Argument - Hamza Andreas Tzortzis
Here’s Neil Degrasse Tyson talking about how the universe does not show signs of design.
Here’s a list of all the things within our body which serve ABSOLUTELY NO PURPOSE but exist anyways.
The universe does not show signs of design. It shows some signs of order in accordance to physical laws, but when it comes to design, you cannot intellectually honestly make that argument.
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Notes"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth"Jean-Paul Sartre (via socialistscum)
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Notes"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher."(via aroomfullofbees)
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The object of this game is to click on the first link in the main text of any Wikipedia article and repeat the process. As of May 26, 2011, 94.5% of all articles in the English Wikipedia lead eventually to the article “Philosophy”. The rest lead to an article with no wikilinks, links to pages that do not exist, or get stuck in loops. Now, isn’t that fascinating? The question of why everything goes to philosophy is an interesting one.
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Notes"…there is no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles - is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough. Never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. On one level, we all know this stuff already - it’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every great story. The trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness. Worship power - you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out."David Foster Wallace: Making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head (via zeitvox)
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