Sunday Matinee – Inner Worlds Outer Worlds

Summa scientia nihil scire – Empty your mind to learn all

I figured I’d share a personal fave to mark this auspicious time of year. In whatever manner you celebrate the holidays, I wish you well. I’d just like to add that those who wield the Spear of Longinus CHOOSE not to solve the problem of homelessness in the West. If you happen to cross paths with a person who is resting in the cold, please offer him or her an act of kindness. A night in a motel or a warm meal is often remembered long after you return to the routine of life.

One love,

HJ

PS – I apologize to the few that I know have seen this one already but will make it up to you next time :)

Richard Dawkins takes a trip…

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the esteemed scientist, “What would you like to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said Mr. Dawkins. “How about why there is no underlying intelligence in the universe, evolution is an entirely random occurrence and consciousness is an epi-phenomenon of matter?” as he smirked smugly.

“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The uncompromising positivist, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.” To which the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss the Universal Mind underpinning nature, the guided process of evolution, and that which eludes the experimental method, when you don’t know sh*t?”

And then she went back to reading her book.

One love,

HJ

*This is adapted from the “atheist on plane” joke circulating the web.