| хайку. Кобаяши Исса. Kobayashi Issa 1811 |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|12:33 pm] |
夕暮をそら合点のかがし哉
yûgure wo sora gatten no kagashi kana
not grasping
the autumn evening...
the scarecrow
translated by David Lanoue
не понимает
этот осенний вечер...
пугало
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| Let's kill Darwin |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|08:37 pm] |
Carl Safina in NYT:
By propounding “Darwinism,” even scientists and science writers perpetuate an impression that evolution is about one man, one book, one “theory.” The ninth-century Buddhist master Lin Chi said, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” The point is that making a master teacher into a sacred fetish misses the essence of his teaching. So let us now kill Darwin.
Parking evolution with Charles Darwin overlooks the limits of his time and all subsequent progress.
Almost everything we understand about evolution came after Darwin, not from him. He knew nothing of heredity or genetics, both crucial to evolution. Evolution wasn’t even Darwin’s idea.
For the first time, I understood the saying "kill the Buddha." We are so focused, even obsessed with famous people that we forget that they often start important processes, not accomplish them. |
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