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  • 02:32:38 pm on July 3, 2008 | 0 | # |

    in august the LHC, the world’s largest particle accelerator, will be switched on. Some physicists believe that it might produce mini black holes that could swallow up the earth. that is awesome.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/cern

     

     

  • 12:53:41 pm on May 8, 2008 | 0 | # |

    how to make me happy…

    Arcade Fire in a lift.

    Clip #41.1   its about 3 mins in/ 

    [am technologically retarded so don't know how to put the link in as a picture to click]

     

     

     

     

  • 02:59:43 pm on April 22, 2008 | 2 | # |

    There is a live debate tonight, discussing ”Is religion a threat to rationality and science?”  http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2275308,00.html  being held between Sir Robert Winston and Prof Daniel Dennett - its being podcasted.  A couple of choice quotes from both sides of the table: “Religion may make many people better, but it is preventing them from being as good as they could be”.  “Both religion and science are expressions of man’s uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or religion, is dangerous.” 

    I studied physics, which I guess was supposed to make be better equipped to grapple with this debate…I always found it interesting that people I talked to either wanted to seperate rationality and religion as far apart as they could possibly go, or to look at them as inextricably linked. I think I fall on the latter, so never had much problem reconciling my religion with my subject- maybe its easier with Physics as so many concepts stem from theory? As to whether people would be ‘better’ without religion, I don’t know.

    Anyone else have musings on the metaphysical?

     

  • 09:45:03 am on April 10, 2008 | 0 | # |

    what a beautiful morning to walk to work. reminded me of this poem by G M Hopkins

    Glory be to God for dappled things–
    For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
    For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
    Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
    Landscape plotted and pieced–fold, fallow, and plough;
    And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
    All things counter, original, spare, strange;
    Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
    With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
    He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise Him.

     

  • 11:13:17 am on April 4, 2008 | 13 | # |

    I have an aversion to Christian books [as yet undecided on the bible]. In fact I have only read 2, 1 of which was ok and the other turned out to be a spectacular misjudgement on my part so I then stopped trying.
    But I have just added a third to my arsenal, called Blue like jazz, by Donald Miller, as I was forced to as we are reading it for my small group. And thank the lord I almost enjoyed it. As I read the first pages I realised it was by an American [which was the mistake I made last time, sorry Josh] but soldiered on and then practically read the whole thing in one go. It’s not exactly theologically profound but its an honest book and i liked it mostly because the guy is quite neurotic, introverted and I felt a little bit more normal because of it.
    So folks, what should I read next?