The Patriot

Cancer researcher Judah Folkman gave a talk where he explained how he learned to think big, to see connections. In the audio file below, he explains how he came to realize that chemistry and physics were connected even though they were taught by different teachers on different floors of his high school. His epiphany was “Nature is not arranged like schools are.”

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A group of atheists is funding an ad campaign at bus stops in time for Christmas. One of their ads reads “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake.”

Of course that begs a couple questions. Without reference to God, what is good? And why be good?