I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes deep false gulf
The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about. Clifford Geertz beautyelegancehistorian share on social
Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance. Clifford Geertz advanceanthropologyconsciousness Change image and share on social
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now. Clifford Geertz attemptawareconcern Change image and share on social
Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far. Rachel Miner abilitybackbasically share on social
Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin arrangementcosmosdeep Change image and share on social
The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis. Ridley Scott adjustasteroidaxis Change image and share on social