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I'm interested in reactions & comments to this NY Times article mentioned in
latest ASTC Scans.
The Thrill of Science, Tamed by Agendas
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/arts/artsspecial/18SCIENCE.html?sq=museums
%20special%20section&st=cse&scp=2&adxnnlx=1270036850-sM/C0CWl7aQLLyiRfjunYA&
pagewanted=all
Especially interested in any comments on this paragraph:
"Of course, the insignificance of human existence is one of the fearsome
lessons of modern science. But when we are young, we learn differently. We
begin by learning to value our own understanding and only gradually come to
recognize its limits. We begin by making sense of the world before we see
how much lies beyond sense. The process doesnąt work well in the other
direction: we can be left mystified by the world and lose respect for the
human."
Dana
Dana Hutchins
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Portland, ME 04101
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