Monday, June 4, 2007
Freeman Dyson
In this interview you can hear a gentle brilliant soul speculating on the great issues of life. Freeman Dyson's sense of the mystery of things and the self-organizing principle that seems a part of what he describes as a universal mind, are only a few of the ideas discussed. Dyson describes his speculations as poetry, distinct from his scientific work, but still like science, stabs at the truth; he describes science as a meadow surrounded by a dark forest of mystery — the unknown. Dyson allows intuition its due, his sense of the inherent meaning of things is a foundation of his nature. Although the interview examines the complex relationship of religion and science, it also is about scientist as artist.
The wonderful interviewer, Robert Wright, is what Charlie Rose should be.