Jahane Rumi

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Published December 5th, 2007

Chimp beats students at computer game

Category Blog Babble, All My Posts, science, Research, Nature | 10 Comments »

“….humans made a mental trade-off as they diverged from their common ancestor with chimps some 5 to 6 million years ago. In gaining brawnier brains that can process language and other complex symbols, we may have dulled our ability to take quick mental snapshots.”

Text and image taken from here

Published December 1st, 2007

Einstein on Religion and Science

Category Blog Babble, Religion, Random musings, All My Posts, World Writers, science | 17 Comments »

Came across this brilliant quote from Einstein:

“In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal God, that is, give up that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vast power in the hands of priests.” (more…)

Published July 14th, 2007

What The Ancients Did For Us - the Islamic World

Category Islam, heritage, All My Posts, science, video | 2 Comments »

Islamic inventions and contributions are narrated in a documentary entitled” What The Ancients Did For Us”. This production investigates the social and scientific advances of ancient civilizations. The host is Adam Hart-Davis andthe open university. This episode explores the work of Muslim scientists.