Archive for the ‘humility’ Category
When America was Humble
September 15th, 2009 by Dale Fincher
My cousin sent me this article today: High-Five Nation. The writer, David Brooks, reflects back on an earlier page in American culture–the day WW2 ended. Americans were sober, grateful, humble. I was encouraged to see a better time in American sentiment, when we didn’t think we were the best, when we just [...]
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Science is happy to be wrong
June 20th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Last month I read a well-written, intriguing article by Michael Hanlon called “Science is Golden.” He writes that if we’re going to preserve knowledge of the natural world, preserve our achievements, we must continue to endeavor in honest scientific practice.
He decrys so much of scientific inquiry has turned to the practical when he writes:
There [...]
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