Word: agnosticism
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The double helix--both the book and the molecule--did nothing to slow this century's erosion of innocence. Watson's account, depicting researchers as competitive and spiteful--as human--helped de-deify scientists and bring cynicism to science writing. And DNA, once unveiled, left little room for the ethereal...
Some people, especially the better educated, find the most satisfaction in an agnostic philosophy, especially based on the ideas of Nietzsche, according to Taylor.
His third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is best. But not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject--we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal...
Money is agnostic, of course, so the key to Pax TV's success may lie less in its spiritual mission than in its business plan. Pax TV executives say the network can earn profits with even a cablelike 1 rating (attracting 1% of the available audience). One reason is that...
Manned by James Carroll, Boston Globe columnist and former Catholic Priest; Rabbi Sanford Seltzer of Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline; Christoph Wolff, celebrated Bach scholar and Dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; and Stephan Jay Gould, a self-proclaimed "agnostic Jew" and Harvard professor of paleontology, the...