Ridiculous truths

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

 

“If science had been merely skeptical, it would have merely replaced belief with disbelief. This it didn’t do; science gave new grounds for knowledge that belief couldn’t match. To disdainfully dismiss any immaterial phenomenon, as skeptics do, actually betrays the scientific method, which allows any hypothesis into argument in an open-minded tolerance for the next ridiculous speculation that may turn out to be true.”

—Deepak Chopra, “Gadflies Without a Sting,” The Huffington Post, October 10, 2005

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Ha, I have this painting as an icon! The title of it is quite odd, meaning: I don't get it. :P

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

You mean you have the whole painting of The Temptation of St. Anthony by Bosch or just this little detail? I love this little detail, but the whole painting (a triptych) is quite boggling. St. Anthony wandered in the desert and had many impressive "visitors." Or visions. Or hallucinations.

http://www.strangehistory.net/?s=st.+anthony&searchbutton=go%21

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

ah, no, just the detail. I found it years ago when looking up "flying fish" for a painting idea I had. :)