My image button is not working, so I will have to post later. I am thinking again about Wilson's Consilience, it is interesting how professors at the same school are not aware of the work of their fellow professors. I read an article by a Harvard professor in a professional real estate magazine about settingwhat I deem," artificial goals for housing", answered it, with the thought that the author should read Wilson., (who is also Harvard affiliated) That was to no avail, as usual. I did hope to get an opinion back , but, I guess my letter was tossed in the trash. But, it does give rise to an interesting thought, "Should we be aware by summary, and exposition of the ideas and publications of other professors that are not in our field.
Consilience, demands that we have our eyes over the horizon and know what other scholoars are thinking, publishing, and putting out to the world, otherwise how can we grow. In essence this lack of interdisciplinary knowledge can be considered wearing horse blinders. How to diseminate the rapid learning we are absorbing, and not absorbing today, is something that presents a challenge to us as educators also. Sometimes what we are teaching is outmoded.
I am also interested in the search for God, and loved Francis Collins Book, The Language of God. I attach here the link for your perusal, if it does not work, just type it in the browzer.
Click here: I’ve found God, says man who cracked the genome - Times Online
My grandson was just assigned the following book for summer reading to enter the freshman class at Salve Regina University , Newport ,Rhode Island. It looks like a valuable book for my interests, so it will be on my reading list shortly. Meanwhile I have Genghis Khan, waiting in the background, while I finish, John Templeton, which I love. He was a magnificent man !
Recently I read somewhere that the thinking and teachings of Freud are being brought into question. It is hoped that I can find out what that is about and talk about it with you.
The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Paperback) by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. (Author) "Although C. S. Lewis, a full generation younger than Sigmund Freud, embraced Freud's atheism during the first half of his life, he eventually rejected that..." (more) Key Phrases: spiritual worldview, changed worldview, hallucinatory psychosis, New Testament, Oskar Pfister, Jesus Christ (more...)
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