Thursday, May 15, 2014

In The New Religion Of Science, Questions Are Unnecessary

Neil deGrasse Tyson and the value of philosophy

Big money from grants and for television documentaries is much more likely to be received if the science one is espousing is "settled".  Philosophy, which challenges all beliefs, is the practice of questioning.  In such a "settled" world, as was once said in The Village, "Questions are a burden to others."