10 March 2013

Quote for the day -- a better symbol

"If we want a signifier for the human condition, imagine the culture we would live in now if, instead of a dead corpse on an instrument of torture, our signifier was a child staring in wonder at the stars. That’s representative of the state of humanity, too; it’s a symbol that touches us all as much as that of a representation of our final end, and we don’t have to daub it with the cheap glow-in-the-dark paint of supernatural fol-de-rol for it to have deeper meaning."

PZ Myers

2 Comments:

Blogger Ahab said...

Intense and beautiful sentiment!

10 March, 2013 11:19  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

I think so.....

11 March, 2013 22:35  

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