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“The Universe is in Us:” Science and Religious Awe

Posted by Mark Linsenmayer in Things to Watch on September 1, 2010

To present another perspective on the “we are one with the universe” trope, here’s astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil Tyson, who is not a “reverend” so far as I can tell.


Watch on youtube: http://youtu.be/XLvh64sMrWY

According to Tyson, because of the Big Bang and the consequent commonalities among all matter, we and the rest of the universe are all from the same stuff, and this is supposed to make us reflect upon our oneness with the universe “with wonder,” i.e. in something like a religious sense. Read the rest of this entry »

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