RE: Dinosaurs and Man
June 4, 2012 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2012 at 7:25 pm by Cyberman.)
All hence my "how near is near" caveat. If you've wandered into the Roche limit of the object then good luck to you. Still, points taken. This is what makes the internet a wonderful tool for education, when used responsibly and critically.
Regardless, it shows just how much more wonderful is the real Universe than any superstitious dogma.
"I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."
-- J B S Haldane (though often misattributed to Sir Arthur Eddington)
"In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way'"
-- Carl Sagan
Regardless, it shows just how much more wonderful is the real Universe than any superstitious dogma.
"I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."
-- J B S Haldane (though often misattributed to Sir Arthur Eddington)
"In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way'"
-- Carl Sagan
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
