Frank Parkinson
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Topics covered include
• Post-mythical to mystical (science and religion)
• The (Richard) Dawkins Phenomenon
• Beyond Einstein
• Neoscinece & Neotheolgy
• And much more…
Overall this book is a challenge to both religious AND scientific dogma and defensive positions.
From the introduction: “Homo Sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission natural selection, the force that made us… Soon we must look deep within ourselves and decide what we wash to become.” (E.O.Wilson)
On the implications that the universe is (forever) expanding …
“The fact that man is not final is the unmanageable, disturbing fact… The question of what is to come after Homo Sapiens is the most persistent fascinating and most insoluble question in the whole world.”
On the implication to scientists that there was a Big bang at the start of our universe.
Theologians are delighted with the proof that Universe had a beginning, but astronomers are curiously upset. It turns out that the scientists behave the way the rest of us do when our beliefs are in conflict with the evidence. We become irritated, we pretend the conflict does not exist, or we paper it over with meaningless phrases…For the scientists who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story [of modern cosmology] ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting here for centuries.” Robert Jasrow, an agnostic scientist
His short essay titled “The Dawkins Phenomonen” is a great read!… (mehr)