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I stopped posting here and am now at medschneverends

Hi. Welcome to Epiblast! The name is partly inspired by PZ Myers famous blog, Pharyngula partly by the fact that the epiblast, a simple tissue in a developing embryo (labelled 5), gives rise, eventually, to virtually everything inside our body. It's a metaphor for how some of our simple, fundamental ideas vastly affect the other aspects of our life. This blog covers my interests; usually science, medicine, atheism, religion. I might sneak in a bit of philosophy or magic if I feel like it. I warn you, the discussion gets uncomfortable and I come to conclusions which are unconventional, maybe contradictory to yours. Don't go crying to someone if you are offended.

Another Carl Sagan?

"There is a powerful recognition that stirs within us when we see our own gorgeous little ocean blue planet as it would be seen by others in the skies of other worlds. It's a recognition that never fails to move us. And it is here in this picture that Darwin meets Galilieo because it is a picture that's made possible by Galileo's first experiments with gravitation so long ago and it is a picture that to me shouts Evolution. I look at this image and I see our ancestors stepping down from the trees and walking upright for the first time on the African Savannah's and pausing to look back at the forest from which they came. I look at this picture and see a species that is positively unyeilding it's pursuit of knowledge and brave and fervent ts longing to graps the meaning and significance of it's own existence....."

-Carolyn Porco

She recently gave a talk at the atheist alliance conference. She is an astronomer who lead the team which brought us stunning images of Saturn via the Cassini orbiter. She talks about the portrayal of scientists in Hollywood. Towards the end of the talk, she says the abovementioned words. What was she talking about? Find out ...



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I found this video from an articles at the Richard Dawkins Foundation website.

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