De Novo

Chet Raymo has been almost everything I’ve wanted in a blogger on science and spirituality, which is why I’ve been spending more time reading his amazing insights lately than writing my own thoughts.  I have much to learn from this wise old man, a veteran of scientific practice, a laughing saint and mystic of the highest order.  Searching scientists, scrutinizing people of faith, take note.

On Kohlberg’s scale, being willing to question authority, especially when it seems unjust or ridiculous, represents the highest stage of moral development, which is based on abstract reasoning using what he calls “universal ethical principles.”

– Dr. Stephen Larsen: The Fundamentalist Mind

Meme from Greg Newman, Justin Lilly and Brian Rosner, via James Tauber:

• Grab the nearest book.
• Open it to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
• Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.