Monday, April 11, 2005

The Proper Reverence Due Those Who Have Gone Before

The Proper Reverence Due Those Who Have Gone Before
P. Z. Myers (Pharyngula.org)
Remember, each black bar is an icon representing a long, elaborate book on the scale of the Bible, which in turn is only a small representative subset of the human experience over a span of time. So much has been lost to us, and those few scraps we do have must stand in proxy for such a burden of history.

And, you know, there are people now who claim that one book is sufficient, that it is complete, that it is enough to explain who we are and where we came from.

It’s been a while since I’ve been so moved reading a science piece.

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