“Being Human is a rather curious affair.” — Philos Fablewright Quote

“Being Human is a rather curious affair.”

“The name ‘Philos’ comes from Greek, signifying friend or lover. ‘Fable’ has its roots in Latin, meaning story or tale, while ‘Wright’ hails from Old English, symbolising craftsman or maker.”

“As in life, Edward, keep paddling.”

“For those wondering why we are here,”

“It might not be the puzzle that needs to be solved.”

“To complicate matters, the human machine, with its hardware and software components, doesn’t always function as anticipated.”

“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.”

“So I decided on science when I was in college.”

“Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals is evolutionary naturalism, which holds that humans are essentially biochemical machines.”

“Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.”

“We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”

“Either god exists or it doesn’t exist. If a god does exist, it either interacts with the universe in some detectable way or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t, that god is indistinguishable from a non-existent god. That only leaves a god who interacts with the universe in some detectable way. But if science, which is the greatest realization of the use of our senses to, you know, detect things, hasn’t found this god, that doesn’t say much for individuals.”