Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Justified true belief; the understanding and awareness gained through experience or reason.
The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant himself. The ignorant man does not understand the learned for he has never been learned himself.
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded...
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
Many years ago, the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, “Because it is there.” Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb...
Source: We Choose to Go to the Moon
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stuart Brand, not far from here in Menlo Park, and...
You're a scientist. Stop guessing. Know. Or be quite. That is all.
There is another kind of knowledge. It is not one of physical facts, nor can it be quantified and measured. It is a knowledge of our inner world, not the outer one, a knowledge of what we used to call...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
We know that with the rise of modern science in the seventeenth century—a development clearly linked to the temperament of the left brain—the esoteric tradition lost much of its prestige and that, in order to maintain itself, it had to...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
How do you balance science with science fiction? They're both the same.
Source: Astronomy magazine asks William Shatner about science
They shall then know truth and, more than that, they shall realize that from the beginning truth has been in the world unrecognized.
Source: Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire by Manly P. Hall
For those who have a sense of this invisible, other reality, the answers to life’s mysteries offered by modern science are inadequate and unsatisfying. They are unable to accept them and they find themselves seeking something else.
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
The word ‘cosmology’ is derived from the ancient Greek word kosmeo, which means ‘to order’ or ‘to organise’, reflecting the belief that the universe could be understood and is worthy of analytical study. The cosmos had patterns, and it was...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Underlying this Secret Doctrine was a profound philosophy of the creation or evolution of worlds and of man. The present humanity, in many quarters of the globe, has evolved on the intellectual plane so far that there now exist a...
Source: Mystic Masonry by Jirah Dewey Buck
If he was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there's no way we could prevent him.
Source: The Truman Show
It's crazy, I'm thinking - Just knowing that the world is round - And here I'm dancing on the ground - Am I right side up or upside down? And is this real, or am I dreaming?
Source: Crush by Dave Matthews Band
I got the message and the message is proof
Source: I Got The Message by Men Without Hats
Like Spud Webb I go to war with the giants, cause they just pawns in the game, but I'm a lord of the science
Before the earth was round, there was no end to things - And no one tried to measure what they knew
Source: Before the Earth Was Round by OK Go
Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb
Source: All Star by Smash Mouth
The shit's over their head, but under their nose - Not a star cause I'm a sun when it comes to a flow - Ya know?
Source: How We Live by Styles P
On top of the chain and safe from the rain - Whatcha' know about the ways of the underside?
Source: The Mission by Puscifer
And all this science, I don't understand It's just my job five days a week
Source: Rocket Man by Elton John
I'm not aware of too many things - I know what I know, if you know what I mean
Source: What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
They painted up your secrets, with the lies they told to you - And the least they ever gave you, was the most you ever knew
Source: Acoustic #3 by Goo Goo Dolls
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.