Reply To: Good News: And No Religion, Too
‘and also ask how someone you consider a “mere” Romantic was able to work on so many scientific projects.’
TM – Many scientists have had very dodgy politics.
‘I know you have no respect for anything that isn’t specifically human.’
TM – ‘Respect’ is a very human emotion. As I’ve said I fear the unrelenting nothingness that is 99.9% of the universe. I remember seeing the first close-up images of Jupiter and being suitably awestruck but it’s only a dead spectacle of gas and dust. I think your awe would be more appropriate when contemplating the improbable evolution of the human mind that allows you to project all of your profound emotions onto an indifferent universe.