Big Think

Musycks on June 18, 2008, 7:20 PM

'it's a given, I don't think about it very much'? what a pity, because someone this bright should know that just to view this issue through this lens of 'that's how I am' and because her mentor was a lovely guy is a complete cop out.

Musycks on June 18, 2008, 11:20 PM

’it’s a given, I don’t think about it very much’? what a pity, because someone this bright should know that just to view this issue through this lens of ’that’s how I am’ and because her mentor was a lovely guy is a complete cop out.

Pastor Jennifer on June 25, 2008, 10:12 AM

Dear Sarah:
I apologise for the neglect of your post in BigThink. I think the environment here is predominantly male, and I for one have experienced my share of sexist insults. I would just like to thank you for taking the time to record a video and post it here for consideration. Too bad the guys can't take the time to listen to you.

Pastor Jennifer on June 25, 2008, 2:12 PM

Dear Sarah:
I apologise for the neglect of your post in BigThink. I think the environment here is predominantly male, and I for one have experienced my share of sexist insults. I would just like to thank you for taking the time to record a video and post it here for consideration. Too bad the guys can’t take the time to listen to you.

Zachary Frankel on July 7, 2008, 6:05 AM

I think it's a bit naive to characterize a woman's view as a cop out when she is expressing it in a highly limited format. Namely I see a few issues
1) Faith deos not necessarily correspond to some trust in structured religion. For me, personally, faith is rather evident: as a student of physics it becomes rather clear there are certain secrets of the universe we will likely never uncover and I think it's fair to denote the acceptance of unknowability as faith. Certainly for me that does not mean putting stock in organized religion and I see no reason to believe whatever deep mystery there is to the universe can be understood by us, but nonetheless it seems easy to accept that there is some wonder to the universe we have yet to ever and perhaps never will grasp.

2) In deriding Dr. Schlesinger you implicitly equate continuity of tradition with her accepting everything through some narrow lens.

Zachary Frankel on July 7, 2008, 10:05 AM

I think it’s a bit naive to characterize a woman’s view as a cop out when she is expressing it in a highly limited format. Namely I see a few issues
1) Faith deos not necessarily correspond to some trust in structured religion. For me, personally, faith is rather evident: as a student of physics it becomes rather clear there are certain secrets of the universe we will likely never uncover and I think it’s fair to denote the acceptance of unknowability as faith. Certainly for me that does not mean putting stock in organized religion and I see no reason to believe whatever deep mystery there is to the universe can be understood by us, but nonetheless it seems easy to accept that there is some wonder to the universe we have yet to ever and perhaps never will grasp.

2) In deriding Dr. Schlesinger you implicitly equate continuity of tradition with her accepting everything through some narrow lens.