As far as the mechanism of evolution ceases to be blind and automatic and becomes conscious… it becomes possible to introduce faith, courage, love of truth, goodness - in a word moral purpose - into evolution. It becomes possible, but the possibility has been and is often unrealized.
Julian Huxley
…this is what bothers me about many of the so called skeptics… what they are doing is defending the status quo which doesn’t take a whole lot of guts. They are about as skeptical as Pat Robertson or Billy Graham. They too have a congregation behind them. They all agree; they’re skeptical of other religions, they’re skeptical of materialism, and so forth. I just don’t see much difference in the skepticism of a religious fundamentalist and a hard-core, committed, scientific materialist.
B. Alan Wallace, [Listen/Download MP3] Interview — Skeptiko
(((Swapping out a ‘God of the Gaps’ for a ‘Physics of the Gaps’ to explain away our ignorance is not progress… an incredible range of ideas is covered in this interview with the Buddhist scholar)))
