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Monday, October 11, 2010

Indiana Jones and the Sasquatch of Doom | Henry Gee | Science | guardian.co.uk

Indiana Jones and the Sasquatch of Doom | Henry Gee | Science | guardian.co.uk: "They get you, don't they? Those big, unanswered questions of existence. What is dark matter? How did the universe get started? Why is Miley Cyrus? Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine?

Science presented as a list of pre-digested facts that we must obediently learn is rightly condemned as dull - but that's not what science is about. No, science is a long list of unanswered questions, a voyage into the unknown, a quest to reach for things slightly beyond our grasp. Be honest, now: who'd really rather go on an adventure with Indiana Jones than be lectured at by Richard Dawkins?"

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