Recently I was introduced to the Symphony of Science; one of the more interesting videos is entitled “A Wave of Reason”(linked below). This video takes several different lectures and videos from many different scientists and cuts then together; the creator then auto-tuned the entire video to make it into a song. The song is essentially summing up modern day reason, the fact that science is not something very different from religion. In the song Carl Sagan mentions that science is more than a structure of ideas like religion, it is a form of thinking, of skeptically inquiring. Lawrence Krauss is added in stating that science is a way to interpret the real, magnificent, world, and the only true way. Phil Plait, around 1:28, states that if you can teach a man to reason he will think for a life time. An interesting philosophy, reason and logic, basically the scientific mindset, are the root to philosophy, which makes a lot of sense. Aristotle interpreted the world through science and perception, while some philosophers believe this is pointless it is the only thing that we have to rely on besides ourselves, and I don’t think anyone could be amazing to the point of no longer needing outside influence.
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