tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8528421804328884684..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Reality and Other Likely StoriesGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1357654411577893972016-05-03T13:14:27.197-07:002016-05-03T13:14:27.197-07:00Gagdad said "Most importantly, it doesn't...Gagdad said "Most importantly, it doesn't have the kiss of death Deepak Chopra endorsement"<br /><br />Lol, that was actually the first thing I looked for when I picked it up. Unless I hear bad nous about it, I'll be picking it up on my next stroll through the store, looked interesting. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37976473307133997202016-05-03T13:08:49.396-07:002016-05-03T13:08:49.396-07:00"Okay, today. Science studies the walls of th..."Okay, today. Science studies the walls of the cave, but the philosopher is interested in what lies beyond it. For starters, the cave clearly isn't enclosed on all sides; there is an opening. What is the nature of this opening?"<br /><br />O - BoOom!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38997478275211392562016-05-02T14:51:57.309-07:002016-05-02T14:51:57.309-07:00It does exactly that by trying to pull subjectivit...It does exactly that by trying to pull subjectivity into objectivity, or semantics into syntax, or ends to means. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38233397228031926202016-05-02T14:41:43.911-07:002016-05-02T14:41:43.911-07:00For starters, the cave clearly isn't enclosed ...<i>For starters, the cave clearly isn't enclosed on all sides; there is an opening. What is the nature of this opening?</i><br /><br />When my mother would get annoyed, she would sometimes say, "I think I will crawl in a hole and pull it in after me." She was just kidding, but it seems like a lot of "science" is trying to do just that.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69055867423383930762016-05-02T10:33:05.109-07:002016-05-02T10:33:05.109-07:00Most importantly, it doesn't have the kiss of ...Most importantly, it doesn't have the kiss of death Deepak Chopra endorsement. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16157419364651960342016-05-02T10:30:56.337-07:002016-05-02T10:30:56.337-07:00Looks promising. I think I'll bite.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465034993?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0465034993&linkCode=xm2&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Looks promising</a>. I think I'll bite. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38173391451147623132016-05-02T10:24:12.497-07:002016-05-02T10:24:12.497-07:00In his little book on The Platonic Myths, Pieper a...<i>In his little book on The Platonic Myths, Pieper asks whether it mightn't "be the case that the reality most relevant to man is not a 'set of facts' but is rather an 'event,' and that it accordingly cannot be grasped adequately in a thesis but only... in the representation of an action -- in other words, in a story?"</i><br /><br />Notably, Genesis does not begin with a dry recitation of the scientific facts of the formation of the universe and everything in it. Nor does the Bible, at any point, serve as a scientific textbook. It is first and foremost <i>story</i>, and that's why it continues to speak to us.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79704287317103141322016-05-02T10:10:29.484-07:002016-05-02T10:10:29.484-07:00FYI, I noticed this on the way out of the bookstor...FYI, I noticed this on the way out of the bookstore yesterday, didn't get to do much more than look at the flap, but seemed like it'd be interesting, especially for the coonosphere: <br /><br />"The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe: Stephon Alexander"<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Physics-Between-Structure-Universe/dp/0465034993Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com