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Center of Attention
Posted by michaelvdg in Uncategorized.
Jun 19th, 2007 | 4 responses
Jun 19th, 2007 | 4 responses
Kevin Sullivan has an interesting post up about employers vs. family.
Justin Gardner notes that Michael Bloomberg talks like a candidate.
Isaac Newton – one of mankind’s greatest scientists – believed that the would end no earlier than 2060. Something – I bet – many people did not know about Newton is that he was more than ‘just’ a scientist: he was also deeply, deeply religious.
Central Sanity has a new co-blogger.
And lastly, two quotes of the day: one at Booker Rising and one at Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish.
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4 Responses to “Center of Attention”
Newton was religious?
Newton pursued alchemy. This has a spiritual/mystical side as well as a scientific side in that it entails inquiry into the nature of nature.
His knowledge of ancient Hebrew texts was put to use in developing his theories of the mystical part of alchemy. That’s not being religious in the ordinary sense we use the word today. Scouring religious texts for ‘deliberately’ hidden meanings can easily lead to going off course in the same manner as astrology veers off from astronomy.
In short, Newton went bonkers before his death.
I’d be more concerned with important stories right now, such as Hamastan in Gaza, the world’s rush to assist Abbas and Fatah, and Carter’s claiming now that our refusal to accept Hamas when it was elected by pro-terrorist fools in the Territories was a “criminal” act by the USA. I like one story line: “Jimmy Carter Disturbed by Negative Reaction to Hamas Coup” — Is Carter crazy?
Mike Nifong Out Tuesday; Duke Agrees To Settlement With Falsely Accused Lacrosse Players
Let us open this afternoon’s rant with this breaking item from FoxNews (AP):
Judge to Suspend Rogue Durham DA Mike Nifong Tuesday
DURHAM, N.C. — A judge said he would suspend District Attorney Mike Nifong on Tuesday after learning that the pro…