“Luria thought a science of this kind would be best introduced by a story – a detailed case-history.” - Oliver Sacks. The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Other Clinical Tales. Summit: New York, 1985. pg 5
I always thought that the humanities had a lot to say about the nature of reality. I have always been an admirer of good stories. I love literature. I loved studying books in class and writing essays. I don’t know a lot of people who actually like writing essays in university but I loved it. It was actually a bit of a loss when I no longer had to write them. I found that I missed it.
Analyzing stories was something that I had done for almost my entire school career. But now that I had my degree, I no longer needed to do this. It didn’t seem to sit right with me. That was when I realized that story is everywhere. It isn’t just in books. Everything tells a story, even science. This quotation helped me to finally understand what science is, and it started my collection of story quotables. There will be a lot more to follow.
Hey I heard a cool talk in which he mentioned something about science and story, and how in a certain way we dont think purely logically even within math, and even math is only understood within Story. If you want the talk email me at jesse@jessecdebaca.com and ill send the mp3 to you.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear that speech. Please send it to me. I have a pretty vast collecton of quotes here on Story.
I also have a feature of posts on my other blog, Silent Cacophony that may be of interest to you as well.
Yes, please email me at jesse@jessecdebaca.com and I will send the MP3 to you. sorry, I dont know where to find your email and send the attachment
ReplyDeleteHi Jesse,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for getting back to me with that file. I really appreciate it.
I wonder if I could post it up here on my blog, would that be okay?