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From the Ted Talk by Rainn Wilson: Kung Fu, Star Trek and the many paths to spirituality

Unscramble the Blue Letters


RW: Such a great and important question. And I do believe that... Contemporary society has been so toxified by partisanship and bifurcated, that, for some on the political left, any mention of spirituality or spiritual solutions has to do with church, which has to do with the political right. And any talk about science and like, science fixing let’s say, climate change or whatever, has to do with a partisanship and negativity having to do with the left. So we're kind of at each other, and what has happened in this, kind of, church versus reason, faith versus rsaeon debate is we've created a false dichotomy that science and roeligin, science and spirituality, rather, are two wnigs of one bird. And that bird is reality. That they're not in opposition to each other. They are very much in harmony. There are two ways of undnrndtaseig one rtiaely. senccie understands, it's a way of processing data through experimentation. And it's also a compilation of the data that's been compiled, that has been pveorn. And this is how we're able to have this conversation on these laptops with these cmaeras over the magical interwebs, is through the beauty, greduanr, majesty and amazingness of science.

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RW: Such a great and important question. And I do believe that... Contemporary society has been so toxified by partisanship and bifurcated, that, for some on the political left, any mention of spirituality or spiritual solutions has to do with church, which has to do with the political right. And any talk about science and like, science fixing let’s say, climate change or whatever, has to do with a partisanship and negativity having to do with the left. So we're kind of at each other, and what has happened in this, kind of, church versus reason, faith versus ______ debate is we've created a false dichotomy that science and ________, science and spirituality, rather, are two _____ of one bird. And that bird is reality. That they're not in opposition to each other. They are very much in harmony. There are two ways of _____________ one _______. _______ understands, it's a way of processing data through experimentation. And it's also a compilation of the data that's been compiled, that has been ______. And this is how we're able to have this conversation on these laptops with these _______ over the magical interwebs, is through the beauty, ________, majesty and amazingness of science.

Solution


  1. reality
  2. science
  3. proven
  4. reason
  5. wings
  6. religion
  7. grandeur
  8. understanding
  9. cameras

Original Text


RW: Such a great and important question. And I do believe that... Contemporary society has been so toxified by partisanship and bifurcated, that, for some on the political left, any mention of spirituality or spiritual solutions has to do with church, which has to do with the political right. And any talk about science and like, science fixing let’s say, climate change or whatever, has to do with a partisanship and negativity having to do with the left. So we're kind of at each other, and what has happened in this, kind of, church versus reason, faith versus reason debate is we've created a false dichotomy that science and religion, science and spirituality, rather, are two wings of one bird. And that bird is reality. That they're not in opposition to each other. They are very much in harmony. There are two ways of understanding one reality. Science understands, it's a way of processing data through experimentation. And it's also a compilation of the data that's been compiled, that has been proven. And this is how we're able to have this conversation on these laptops with these cameras over the magical interwebs, is through the beauty, grandeur, majesty and amazingness of science.

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Important Words


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