The Big Questions: God

by Mark Vernon

Published date: 2012

Category: Philosophy



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Insight: Jane Goodall is pioneer in science, ascribing minds and personalities to the chimpanzees she studied.

Insight: Jane Goodall anthropomorphised the chimpanzees - going against ingrained scientific methods to number the "subjects" and hold no emotional attachment.

 
"The longer I spent on my own, the more I became one with the magic forest world that was now my home... Inanimate objects developed their own identities and, like my favourite saint, Francis of Assisi, I named them and greeted them as friends. 'Good morning, Peak,' I would say as I arrived there each morning."

- Jane Goodall

Insight: Jane Goodall began to develop a deeper relationship with everything around her in nature.

Insight: Jane Goodall believed that it was possible to do good science and have a deep connection with nature.

 
"How sad that so many people seem to think that science and religion are mutually exclusive"

- Jane Goodall

Insight: Jane Goodall celebrates the ability of the human mind to both understand the natural world, and experience deep connection through mystery and awe.

Insight: Jane Goodall believed that it was possible to do good science and have a deep connection with nature.

 
"How sad it would be ... if our left brains were utterly to dominate the right so that logic and reason triumphed over intuition and alienated us absolutely from our innermost being, from our hearts, our souls."

- Jane Goodall