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Robert W. Fuller Ph.D.

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Robert W. Fuller, Ph.D., former president of Oberlin College, writes about rankism and its antidote: dignity. His books and ideas have been covered in the media, including The New York Times, The Oprah Magazine Magazine, National Public Radio, C-SPAN, The Boston Globe, the BBC and Voice of America. He has spoken on this subject all over the United States and Canada, and also in France, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Bangladesh. His books have been translated into Korean, Bangla, and Chinese. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. Fuller's most recent books are Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship? and The Rowan Tree: A Novel.

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Recent Posts
6 Reasons You Can't Win

Will the partnership between Man and Machine end in our demise, or is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

Will the partnership between Man and Machine end in our demise, or is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

Simple Truths

A clash of doctrines is not a disaster, it is an opportunity. – Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

A clash of doctrines is not a disaster, it is an opportunity. – Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

Scientists - On Themselves and On Their Colleagues

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance—the idea that anything is possible. Touch a scientist and you touch a child. – Ray Bradbury

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance—the idea that anything is possible. Touch a scientist and you touch a child. – Ray Bradbury

Mathematics–Queen of the Sciences

..the universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. – Sir James Jeans (1877–1946)

..the universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. – Sir James Jeans (1877–1946)

Science and the Arts

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

The Uses of Science

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride. – Claude Bernard (1813–1878)

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride. – Claude Bernard (1813–1878)

Science and Politics

Either man is obsolete, or war is. – Buckminster Fuller

Either man is obsolete, or war is. – Buckminster Fuller

Science and Religion

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. – Thomas Szasz

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. – Thomas Szasz