tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post2582208344424050971..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: A look at ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-77701923813937148242007-11-01T12:07:00.000-04:002007-11-01T12:07:00.000-04:00Frank, it's times such as this that I miss Stephen...Frank, it's times such as this that I miss Stephen Jay Gould, who suggested that two magesteria, "science and religion ..." (two of his NOMA) "... do not glower at each other ... but interdigitate in patterns of complex fingering, and at every fractal scale of self-similarity."<BR/><BR/>A product a secular, and politically-progressive upbringing and education, Gould often argued against the theories raised by creationists/ID'rs/etc. ..... yet, at the same time, his writings (especially the book "Rock of Ages") suggested ways that the place of religion - as a realm of understanding, separate from science - be established, respected and defended.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, such ideas attracted the ire of other science writers - including Dawkins - who had found cause to praise Gould's ideas and work, in the past.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952101708880633319noreply@blogger.com