cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Mike Cherepov) (02/18/85)
> In article <539@decwrl.UUCP> arndt@lymph.DEC writes: > > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith (his word) in the power of > > reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of > > ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself > > over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been > > sitting there for centuries." > > GOD AND THE ASTRONOMERS, (NY:WW Norton,1978)p116. It is a fine joke. Unfortunately folks who could appreciate it the most are no longer with us: Galileo, Copernicus, and others. And poor Giordano Bruno would probably laughed himself to death! Had he only been able to hear that - the man knew what it's like to scale, and then be greeted (grilled?) by band of theologians. Oh, well. Mike Cherepov
rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Random) (02/19/85)
In article <539@decwrl.UUCP> arndt@lymph.DEC writes: > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith (his word) in the power of > reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of > ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself > over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been > sitting there for centuries." > GOD AND THE ASTRONOMERS, (NY:WW Norton,1978)p116. > More like the following: "...as he pulls himself over the final rock, there is a band of theologians who are at the bottom of the mountain trying to pull him back down and forget everything he found." Random Research Triangle Institute ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb