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Newsweek had an article earlier this month (10 November) about a conference on Science and Religion attended by many top scientists including Nobel laureate physicist Steven Weinberg.
Weinberg said something that was both poignant and apt. I never heard anyone use this figure of speech
"...Much as Weinberg would like to see civilization emerge from the tyranny of religion, when it happens, "I think we will miss it, like a crazy old aunt who tells lies and causes us all kinds of trouble, but was beautiful once and was with us a long time."
Weinberg is an atheist who seems to relish blunt intellectual honesty, but he imagines "missing" religion like a troublesome old lady who was beautiful once. The unexpected simile made me catch my breath.
I hope PF readers will not be offended by this from Weinberg and some will find the figure of speech entertaining as I did.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15653706/site/newsweek/ [Broken]
The quote is at the end of the second paragraph (or third depending on how you count paragraphs). The conference of 30 leading scientists was at La Jolla and was called the "Beyond Belief" conference.
Weinberg said something that was both poignant and apt. I never heard anyone use this figure of speech
"...Much as Weinberg would like to see civilization emerge from the tyranny of religion, when it happens, "I think we will miss it, like a crazy old aunt who tells lies and causes us all kinds of trouble, but was beautiful once and was with us a long time."
Weinberg is an atheist who seems to relish blunt intellectual honesty, but he imagines "missing" religion like a troublesome old lady who was beautiful once. The unexpected simile made me catch my breath.
I hope PF readers will not be offended by this from Weinberg and some will find the figure of speech entertaining as I did.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15653706/site/newsweek/ [Broken]
The quote is at the end of the second paragraph (or third depending on how you count paragraphs). The conference of 30 leading scientists was at La Jolla and was called the "Beyond Belief" conference.
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