{"id":691,"date":"2016-06-24T14:43:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=691"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:38:50","slug":"appendix-z56-2000-cosmologist-brian-greene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Z56: 2000: Cosmologist Brian Greene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APPENDIX Z56:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
2000: Cosmologist Brian Gr<\/span>eene\n <\/div>\n
***<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u201cThe search for the fundamental laws of the universe
\n is a\n <\/div>\n
distinctly human drama, one that has stretched the
\n mind\n <\/div>\n
and enriched the spirit\u2026 We ar<\/span>e all, each in our own way<\/span>,\n <\/div>\n
seekers of the truth and we each long for an answer
\n to\n <\/div>\n
why we are her<\/span>e. As we
\n collectively scale the mountain\n <\/div>\n
of explanation, each generation stands \ue0c4rmly on
\n the\n <\/div>\n
shoulders of the previous, bravely r<\/span>eaching for the peak.\n <\/div>\n
Whether any of our descendants will ever take in the
\n view\n <\/div>\n
from the summit and gaze out on the vast and
\n elegant\n <\/div>\n
universe with a perspective of in\ue0c4nite clarity<\/span>, we cannot\n <\/div>\n
predict. But as each generation climbs a little
\n higher<\/span>, we\n <\/div>\n
realize Jacob Br<\/span>onowski\u2019<\/span>s pronouncement that \u2018in every\n <\/div>\n
age there is a turning point, a new way of seeing
\n and\n <\/div>\n
asserting the coherence of the world [(Jacob Br<\/span>onowski,\n <\/div>\n
The Ascent of Man, p. 20]. And as our generation <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
marvels at our new view of the universe\u2014our new way
\n of\n <\/div>\n
asserting the world\u2019<\/span>s
\n coher<\/span>ence\u2014we are ful\ue0c4lling our part,\n <\/div>\n
contributing our rung to the human ladder reaching
\n for\n <\/div>\n
the stars.\u201d<\/div>\n
*** Brian <\/span>Greene, The <\/span>Elegant Universe. <\/span>New Y<\/span>ork: First <\/span>Vintage Books <\/span>edition, <\/span>2000. p. <\/span>387<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

APPENDIX Z56: 2000: Cosmologist Brian Greene *** \u201cThe search for the fundamental laws of the universe is a distinctly human drama, one that has stretched the mind and enriched the spirit\u2026 We are all, each in our own way, seekers of the truth and we each long for an answer to why we are here. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}