The Meaning of it All INDEX Abject honesty, 106 Action making choices, 44–45 results of, 45 Adventure, scientific spirit of, 47 Advertising as perpetually insulting, 87 in television, 85 Age heroic, 62–63 unscientific, 59–122 Alternative theories, 69 Americanism Center, Altadena, 99 Analogy dangers in arguing from, 117 work by, 121 Ancients and imagination, 10 Anecdotes, 82–83 Answers, insistence on, 66 Arabian scholars of science, 115 Arguing from analogy, 117 Art, modem, 55 Atheists, 36, 40–41 Atomic bomb, testing, 108 Atoms, 12, 14 Authority, feelings toward, 61 Bacteria, proteins of, 11–12 Beliefs in existence of God, 38 religious, 43 Bible, predicting phenomena, 94–95 Biology, science of, 53–54, 62 Birch Society, 100 Boogie man, 103 Brain, imagination of human, 22 Brave New World (Huxley), 120 California, real estate in, 96 Campaign promises, 66 Candles, 13–14 Chance, 80–81 Change, experiencing, 67 Chemical History of a Candle (Faraday), 13–14 Chemistry, 15 Christ, nondivinity of, 44 Christians, 121–22 ethics, 44, 47–48 Christian Science, 93–94 Civilization, Western, 47 Coincidence, 82–83 Commentators, 88–89 Communication, 31 Conclusions attaining, 65–66 uncertainty of, 26 Conflicts, 43–44 between nations, 48 Congressmen, ratings of, 101 Constitution, writers of, 49–50 Contemplation of universe, 39 Criminal detection, 118 Danger from radioactivity, 107 Dan Smoot Report, The, 100 Danz lectures, vii, 61, 97–98 Democracy, confusion of, 49 Deserts buying land in, 95–96 and water, 96 Detection, criminal, 118 Discipline, requirement of, in scientific reasoning, 18 Discovering new things, 98 Doubt freedom to, 28 its value in sciences, 28 learning to, 37 scientists dealing with, 26–27 turned on ethical problems, 40 Dream of finding open channel, 33 Education, 31 Electricity, 13–15 Encyclical of Pope John XXIII, 122 Energy, free, 120 Ethical and moral views, 41 Ethical aspects of religion, 41–2 Ethical judgments, 120–21 Ethical problems, doubts turned on, 40 Ethical values, 43 Ethics, Christian, 44, 47–48 Exception tests the rule, 15–16 Experience, religious, 39–40 Extrapolations, 25 Facts learned in science, 38–39 Faith certainty in, 43 healers, 93–94 people believing in, 33–34 Faraday, Michael, 13–14 Farm problem, 65–66 Federal Pure Food and Drug Act, 97 Financial arrangements, international, 118 Flying saucers, 75–76 Freedom to doubt, 28 Free energy, 120 Free ideas and Poland, 52–53 Fusion, controlled, 120 Future looking to, 119–20 new, 122 Galileo, 121 Germany, fear of resurgence of, 52 God belief in, 36–37 definition of, 35 existence of, 37–38 moral values are word of, 42 questioning existence of, 46–47 Golden Rule, 44 Govern, inventing a system to, 49 Government, limited, 57 Government power, limit to, 50 Healers, faith, 93–94 Health products, 97 Heaven, science is key to gates of, 6–7 Heritages, two, 47 Heroic age, 62–63 Homoiousions, 122 Homoousians, 122 Honesty abject, 106 lack of, 106, 109–10 Hooke, Robert, 121 Human beings; See also People imagination of brains, 22 physiology of, 12–13 potentialities of, 31 proteins of, 11–12 relationships among, 22 Huxley, Aldous, 120 Hypnotism, 74–75 Ideas development of, 55 free, 52–53 having permanence or constancy, 75 impact of, 3–4 judging, 64 new, 27, 114 old, 3–4 truth of, 21 Ignorance, admission of, 34 Imagination, 10 of human brain, 22 of nature, 10 in science, 22–23 Independence between ethical and moral views, 41 Indians, Navajo, 86–87 Information, lack of, 98 Inheritance, psychoplasmic, 53 Inspiration, 42, 46–47 Intelligence of average television looker, 87–88 Intelligent questions, asking, 65 International financial arrangements, 118 Inventions, nontechnological, 118–19 Jesus, 121–22 John Birch Society, 100 John XXIII, Pope, 122 Judgments ethical, 120–21 ultimate, 45–46 Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich, 55 Knowing, living without, 27–28 Knowledge admitting lack of, 33 believers and nonbelievers, 92–93 is dangerous, 36 Labels and health products, 97 Land buying in deserts, 95–96 and water, 96 Laws, old, 24 Life internal machinery of, 11 meaning of, 32–33 Living without knowing, 27–28 Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich, 53–54 Mariner II voyage to Venus, 109–12 Matter, atoms of, 14 Mental telepathy, 71–74 Metaphysical aspects of religion, 41–42 Middle Ages, 21, 115 Mind readers, 69–70 Mind reading, analyzable, 71 M.I.T., fraternity at, 82 Modern art, 55 Moon, propaganda and going to, 113 Moral values, 120–21 outside scientific realm, 43–45 as word of God, 42 Moral views, 41 uncertainty of, 48 unchanged, 42–43 Motion, as not affecting weight, 24 Nakhrosov, 55–56, 120 Nations, conflict between, 48 Nature imagination of, 10 rules that describe, 24 understanding workings of, 15 Navajo Indians, 86–87 New ideas, 27 Newspaper reporters, 88–89 Newton, Sir Isaac, 121 Nontechnological inventions, 118–19 Nuclear testing, 106–7 Objectivity of science, 18–19 Observations, 15 game of making, 18 improving effectiveness of, 71 as judge of truth of ideas, 21 limitations of, 16 rough, 17 in Middle Ages, 21 Occurrences, one or two as proof, 83–84 Open channel, maintaining, 57 Origins of universe, 12 Padgovney, 55–56 Paralysis of everything, 103 principle of, 102–3 using method of, 105 Paranoia, 103–4 People; See also Human beings as not honest, 106 ordinary, 76, 85–86 Polish, 51 radio religion, 94–95 Phenomena, 106 Bible predicting, 94–95 Philosophers, 20 Philosophy of science, 18 Physics freedom for, 54 two schools of, 54 Physiology of human beings, 12–13 Point Four program, 7–8 Poland and free ideas, 52–53 Polish people, 51 Politics disparaging of, 66 unscientific role of, 97–98 Potentialities of human beings, 31 Power to do things, 5–6 limit to government, 50 Prayers, individual, 40 Precision of statements, 25 Prediction, 23 Probability, 80–81 Problems farm, 65–66 grappling with, 56–57 what is probable, 77 Products, health, 97 Programs Point Four, 7–8 Ranger, 112–13 Promises, campaign, 66 Propaganda and going to moon, 113 Proportion, sense of, 105 Proteins of bacteria, 11–12 of humans, 11–12 Protocol of the Elders of Zion, 106 Psychoplasmic inheritance, 53 Questions, asking intelligent, 65 Radioactivity danger from, 107 protection from effects of, 108–9 unsafe level of, 107–8 Radio religion people, 94–95 Ranger program, 112–13 Read, ability to, 116 Real estate in California, 96 Reasoning and positive inventions, 18 scientific, 18 Relations among scientists, 21–22 Relationships, human, 22 Religion as answering all kinds of questions, 41 ethical aspect of, 41 and inspiration, 47 inspirational aspects of, 41–42 metaphysical aspects of, 41–42 radio people, 94–95 Religious beliefs, 43 Religious experiences, 39–40 Reporters, newspaper, 88–89 Resurgence of Germany, fear of, 52 Rules to be checked, 23 and consistency of science, 23 exception tests, 15–16 powerfulness of, 20 specificity of, 19 testing of, 19 that describe nature, 24 Russia backward country, 50 and biology, 53–54 development of ideas, 55 and modern art, 55 not free, 53 Sampling, statistical, 84, 89–91 Science Arabian scholars of, 115 contents of, 9 development speed of, 62 doubt as value in, 28 facts learned in, 38–39 imagination in, 22–23 key to gates of heaven, 6–7 limitation of, 63 meaning of, 4–5 as method, 15 as misunderstood, 36–37 objectivity of, 18–19 philosophy of, 18 practical aspects of, 9 and religion conflict between, 35 relation of, 34–35 rules and consistency of, 23 and society relationships, 7 and technology, 50 three aspects of, 4–5 uncertainty of, 1–28 value of, 6 Scientific realm, moral values as outside, 43–45 Scientific reasoning, 18 Scientists as atheists, 36 dealing with doubt and uncertainty, 26–27 relations among, 21–22 Seaton, Mother, 77–79 Society and science, relations between, 7 Speech, parts of, 115–16 Spinning of tops, 24–26 S.P.X.
