Badger3k
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| Quote (sparc @ Jan. 13 2010,22:49) | | Quote (sparc @ Jan. 13 2010,22:30) |
| Quote | | My father named me after Gilbert Newton Lewis, the great chemist with whom my father worked during WWII on the Manhattan Project. |
I get the impression that Gil thinks he would be nothing without his father. WWII, Manhattan Project. Compare this to throwing some cargo out of a plane. Even if one describes it is precision air dropping it appears negligeable compared to the atom bomb. Poor guy. |
His father wasn't sufficient. Now Gil is referring to Newton. | Quote |
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GilDodgen
01/13/2010
11:36 pm
P.S.: A thought about my namesake, Gilbert Newton Lewis. Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time, and he was a devout believer who “saw God as the masterful creator whose existence could not be denied in the face of the grandeur of all creation.” C.S. Lewis was an atheist into his middle years, as was I, but became arguably one of the greatest Christian apologists of the 20th century. I owe a great debt of gratitude to both Newton and Lewis for opening my eyes in so many ways.
What a strange coincidence of names.
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Everything in life must have some meaning.
ETA: Since it won't appear at UD: I've asked Gil if he were implying front-loading. |
I thought it was a mix of Gilbert (from revenge of the nerds), Olivia Newton-John, and Sherri Lewis. We have a socially maladapted person (although Gilbert, and his friend Louis were both intelligent and respected science), well, ok, an 80's pop icon - I got nothin', and someone how uses sock puppets.
Coincidence?
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"Just think if every species had a different genetic code We would have to eat other humans to survive.." : Joe G
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