Saturday, January 23, 2016

" We are all star stuff "

We do come from the Big Bang
I have fond memories of astronomer Carl Sagan waxing euphoric on " Cosmos " , telling us that we are all star stuff. But there is a dark side to the universe too-best expressed by the imagination of H.P. Lovecraft , by his COSMIC HORROR. When Sagan says " this is what hydrogen atoms can do after 13 billion years of cosmic evolution ", I think of the human catastrophe global capitalism is preparing for the Good Earth. I think of the toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Next " The Thing at the Doorstep " ?
I suspect human beings do have religious instincts. And they are not inclined to worship MATTER -IN-MOTION -even if that is indeed the ultimate reality. As Albert Camus observed the silence of God terrifies us. For all its glorious sights and wonders, the Universe seems Absurd.- " a tale told by an idiot.....signifying NOTHING .
But let there be light. Carl Sagan said that science was a candle in the dark . Not for NOTHING we light candles even for the dead.We were all one IN THE BEGINNING. And we will be all ONE in the end.

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