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Big History seeks to evoke in you an appreciation for the immensity of science and a longing for the greatest story ever told.
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Today's golden age of astronomy is revealing that our universe is rich, fascinating, and meaningful, and in it we humans occupy an extraordinary place.
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Since meaning means a whole lot to us, semiotics should too, and yet most of us have never heard of this academic discipline.
The new cosmos is everyone’s home, its origin story is everyone’s story, and sharing the unique place of intelligent life in this astonishing universe is a bond that unites us all.
The unaffiliated represent 17 to 22 percent of the U.S. population. When we add the MIAs—members in absentia—to the "nones," we have what may be the largest "religious" group.
It may be that those cultures that do not have a formal adolescent initiation ceremony do so at great risk to their wellbeing and survival. What we don’t invest in initiation, we later pay for in incarceration.
The box can be moved by giving it a push, and the cart by pulling it. We affect the motions of objects by imposing direct or indirect pushes and pull. Pushes and pulls are what we call forces.
Spirituality is one’s overall strategy for coping with the challenge of investing, knowing that one must eventually divest. Spirituality is a kind of preparation, a pre-grieving. Defined this way, I see three main spiritual paths.
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