The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

Category: A moon/candle in the dark night

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / View from Giants' shoulder

Tuesday with Bill-“Hey Bill Nye, What Keeps You Up at Night?”

This week’s question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth — What’s Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change. Listen to him here [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”45″ disable_keyboard=”0″]crOxXrFYTec[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcript – Elizabeth Rodd: Hi...

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Quackery and the conceit of the brilliant heretic

      A pervasive theme in quackery (aka “alternative” health) is the notion of the brilliant heretic. Believers argue that science is transformed by brilliant heretics whose fabulous theories are initially rejected, but ultimately accepted as the new orthodoxy. Alternative health practitioners, with no embarrassment at their own...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge

You don’t have to listen to experts; you are an expert!!!-a comic tragedy

The ultimate appeal of anti-vaccine advocacy: it flatters the ignorant One of the most attractive aspects of anti-vaccine advocacy, indeed of all alternative health, is that no particular knowledge is necessary to declare yourself an expert. It doesn’t matter that you don’t have even the most basic knowledge...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

Tuesday with Bill-Do You Believe in Ghosts and the Afterlife?

Bill Nye tackles a tough question that every person alive has been hung up on – what happens after we die? Where does our life energy go? Transcript – Marsalina: Hi Bill Nye. My name is Marsalina. This is my son Ohenu. And we have a question about...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

Carl Sagan on the pseudoscience of Astrology

  Listen to him here  [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”1″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”1″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”47″ disable_keyboard=”0″]ZB88HnlLgZ8[/wpdevart_youtube]

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A moon/candle in the dark night / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share / show case-inspirational / View from Giants' shoulder

Socrates-The father of western philosophy and ”Gadfly”

Here is a man who lived during  470/469 – 399 BC period and known as the founder of western philosophy He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and  Xenophon .We the quest forum has been quoting him...

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10 Times Scientists Blew Our Minds Part Two (Re-posted from scienceNet)

Amazing thoughts from Stephen Hawking , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Michio Kaku &  Lawrence Krauss , Brian Cox , Sam Harris , Richard Dawkins  and Richard Feynman . [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”44″ disable_keyboard=”0″]enqH_7XV_Ik[/wpdevart_youtube]