tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post3335742226426302698..comments2024-03-18T03:29:09.653-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-63514360136643611802011-09-03T14:25:23.513-07:002011-09-03T14:25:23.513-07:00Thanks for the correction. I don't think it o...Thanks for the correction. I don't think it originated from Newton, but apparently he wrote it in a letter to Robert Hooke. (Whose glory I believe he later tried to hog, BTW.)David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-76737188988450730212011-09-03T14:20:35.207-07:002011-09-03T14:20:35.207-07:00I think I read in The Renaissance Mathematicus tha...I think I read in The Renaissance Mathematicus that the "I stand on the shoulders of giants" quote didn't actually come from Newton.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317543495032200748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-30742960268136613252011-09-01T18:06:16.761-07:002011-09-01T18:06:16.761-07:00Anon: You should know that a smart debater doesn&#...Anon: You should know that a smart debater doesn't ask questions that he doesn't know the answer to. <br /><br />No, he didn't, and couldn't. Or if he did, do explain how and where -- it wasn't in The Christian Delusion. <br /><br />Also, has no one every told you that it's rude to yawn in peoples' faces? Is that just an expression of your personal insolence, or do you need more sleep? <br /><br />If you answer, please do give your name.David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-15331090752946322862011-09-01T17:25:23.625-07:002011-09-01T17:25:23.625-07:00***Yawn*** Didn't Richard Carrier tear this no...***Yawn*** Didn't Richard Carrier tear this nonsense to shreds in one of his recent books? I think so...!!!<br /><br />The spirit of scientific investigation - empiricism - was developed with the Enlightenment. Your argument fails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-50097201737231805812011-08-29T11:50:58.916-07:002011-08-29T11:50:58.916-07:00Brian: A very interesting post, and set of proposa...Brian: A very interesting post, and set of proposals. Honestly, I think that is unusually sane, from an atheist' POV. (Apart from the dancing naked bit, which I do not wish to see.)<br /><br />I may take a closer look later, and say a bit more.David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-4023230068763107812011-08-29T09:12:18.432-07:002011-08-29T09:12:18.432-07:00Hi David, “I'd like to flatter myself that I&#...Hi David, “I'd like to flatter myself that I've talked a little sense into him on this subject”<br />This is accurate and needs no correction – I don’t doubt for a second that you would like to flatter yourself that you have talked a littled sense into me on this subject :-)<br /><br />Btw, I have written a short piece on “Religion in the Modern World” that you might find of some interest – www.brianbarrington.com – I think that there are parts of it you will agree with, and parts you will disagree with.Brian Barringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025043345722806768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-32363997090342933442011-08-28T20:06:11.171-07:002011-08-28T20:06:11.171-07:00Thanks for the references, Patrick. The first see...Thanks for the references, Patrick. The first seems an objective and informative article. I think Bjorn has posted here before; it's good to see something by him in English.<br /><br />Calvin's role in creating the watch industry is proof that Murphy aside, unintended consequences are often happy ones.David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-22965308467950223252011-08-28T18:03:32.430-07:002011-08-28T18:03:32.430-07:00Very informative concerning the question about the...Very informative concerning the question about the role of Christianity for scientific progress is the following article, written by Bjørn Are Davidsen:<br /><br />http://www.telektronikk.com/volumes/pdf/2.2004/Page_005-025.pdf <br /><br />A good example of technological innovation is the watch industry in Switzerland, which is outlined in the following link:<br /><br />http://www.fhs.ch/en/history.phpPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733557675273087950noreply@blogger.com