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But the potential was clear. Soon, by exposing large numbers of seeds and young plants, scientists produced many more mutations and found a few hidden beneficial ones. Peanuts got tougher hulls. Barley, oats and wheat got better yields. Black currants grew.
William J. Broad, Useful Mutants
Finally finished The Oracle by William J. Broad and I highly recommend it. Broad does a great job of breaking down the sciences and the interdisciplinary discoveries and fights that have gone into studies at Delphi (and the fights that still rage on). He tops it off with an entire chapter delving into philosophy and science and their intersection in religion.
It’s truly a gem of a book. And for those who require it out of their authors, Broad is quite respectful of the religion.
“As the old claims took on new substance, so did the Oracle’s air of mystery and spirituality, perhaps even some of her repute for navigating all time and space, for exploring the hidden powers of the mind. it was as if smart, sophisticated Clea had come back to preside over the sanctuary and wander the surrounding hills.
Be sensitive to the lessons of liberality, she seemed to be saying. Cherish your science but understand it as a finite guide to the immensities of time and space. It’s not a religion, not a worldview. Will it save you? Can it explain my insights and my actions? With Delphi, do not let knowledge of the vapors blind you to the other truths, other vistas. Look far. Dance with the world rather than trying to explain it away. Consider the boat, not just the planks. Seize knowledge. Ask hard questions. But know, too, that your intellect is a small window and that its views can be surprisingly incomplete. Feel deeply. Revere truth in all its forms.
Yes, she seemed to be saying. You have discovered one of my secrets. I have others.”
-The Oracle by William J. Broad
Cherish your science but understand it as a finite guide to the immensities of time and space. It's not a religion, not a worldview... Dance with the world rather than trying to explain it away. Seize knowledge. Ask hard questions. But know, too, that your intellect is a small window and that its views can be surprisingly incomplete. Feel deeply. Revere truth in all its forms.
William J Broad, The Oracle
Science--the most powerful institution of our day, a discipline rooted in the illuminating power of human reason--sheds a very strong but narrow light that can leave many intriguing questions and possibilities lurking in the shadows, including ones often associated with mysticism.
William J Broad, The Oracle
In the United States, it became law in 1980 when the Supreme Court ruled that man-made life could be patented, in effect saying that no distinction exists between living and nonliving things.
William J Broad, The Oracle
Metaphysics literally means after or beyond physics. But that definition is misleading because it turns out that science in general--despite its popular image as solid, factual, and no-nonsense--is full of metaphysics and empirically unprovable assumptions about the nature of reality. Whole books explore such beliefs. One is that nature is uniform. Another is that the universe is composed of particles moving according to laws that mathematics can fully describe. By definition, the metaphysics of science are too elementary to be explained in terms of science. In that narrow sense, metaphysics goes beyond physics. It is more basic.
William J Broad, The Oracle
A riot of old hydrocarbons lay behind the Pythia and her centuries of prophecies and visions and convulsions.
William J Broad, The Oracle
