Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

Chinatown

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Topic

Meaninglessness

Speaker

Lawrence Walsh

Actor

Joe Mantell

Source

Chinatown

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Mystery (film) Mystery

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Chinatown. Directed by Roman Polanski, Long Road Productions/Robert Evans Company, 1974.

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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Robert Jastrow

God and the Astronomers

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Topic
Science and religion

Author

Robert Jastrow
Source
God and the Astronomers
Genre
Religious literature Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Jastrow, Robert. God and the Astronomers. W. W. Norton & Company, 1978, ch. 9.