The World Motivation
Pure science - this vision of the universe as 15 billion light years across - I am bedazzled and awed by it.
“Pure science - this vision of the universe as 15 billion light years across - I am bedazzled and awed by it.”
— Huston Smith · Billion
Pure science - this vision of the universe as 15 billion light years across - I am bedazzled and awed by it.
God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.
No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I have.
The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in its inability to offer values, morals and meanings that are at the center of our lives.
Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us.
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa - it goes on and on.
Congress has funded numerous programs to provide care and compensation to 9/11 victims, spending several billion dollars on extraordinary and unprecedented efforts.
A billion dollars isn't what it used to be.
Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it.