Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Relativity. Incompleteness. Uncertainty.

Is there a more powerful modern Trinity? These reigning deities proclaim humanity's inability to thoroughly explain the world. They have been the touchstones of modernity, their presence an unwelcome burden at first, and later, in the name of postmodernism, welcome company.

A Retreat into the iWorld

Walk through any airport in the United States these days and you will see person after person gliding through the social ether as if on autopilot. Get on a subway and you’re surrounded by a bunch of Stepford commuters staring into mid-space as if anaesthetised by technology. Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t overhear, don’t observe. Just tune in and tune out.

Watt Replies to Moyer Comment

Remember the Moyer quote about evangelical Christians not caring for the environment because "After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back"? He specifically pointed to James Watt, who gives a response to the accusations here. If you need a refresher on what all Moyer said, find it at this site

Kids Who Have Everything Lack For Something

Professors agreed, the biggest problem with young people today is that they lack a sense of purpose. And, the professors insisted, this might have something to do with the fact that these kids don't lack for much else.