{"id":2255,"date":"2020-12-28T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/?page_id=2255"},"modified":"2021-01-15T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:42:13","slug":"people-that-inspire-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/people-that-inspire-us\/","title":{"rendered":"People that Inspire us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(In random order)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Leonardo-da-Vinci\">Leonardo da Vinci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bertrand_Russell\">Bertrand Russell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Benjamin-Franklin\">Ben Franklin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/28\/health\/h-jack-geiger-dead.html?action=click&amp;module=News&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Dr. Jack Geiger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janegoodall.org\/\">Jane Goodall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Shimon-Peres\">Shimon Peres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/writer\/charles-dickens\">Charles Dickens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raycharles.com\/\">Ray Charles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arethafranklin.net\/\">Aretha Franklin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/susan-lindquist-whitehead-institute-obituary-1028\">Susan Lindquist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noam_Chomsky\">Noam Chomsky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayn_Rand\">Ayn Rand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Yes, it is possible to be inspired by the thought and imaginative writing by both the father of modern social left ideas and modern economic right (capitalism) without fully agreeing with either :) :)<\/h3>\n<p>The famous joke captures this below:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jewish joke about the rabbi who is asked to settle a dispute. After listening to one side\u2019s argument, the rabbi declares, \u201cYou\u2019re right!\u201d After listening the other side\u2019s argument, the rabbi nods and says, \u201cYou\u2019re right, too.\u201d His wife, who is listening, declares, exasperated, \u201cRabbi, this is absurd! They can\u2019t both be right!\u201d The rabbi sighs and replies sadly, \u201cYou\u2019re also right!\u201d\u00a0 This version is from from the WEB&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toni_Morrison\">Tonny Morrison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Brooks_(commentator)\">David Brooks (and the Second Mountain in particular)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaeltilsonthomas.com\/new-world-symphony\/\">Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C3%A9lanie_Bonis\">Mel Bonis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megan_Rapinoe\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbmi.columbia.edu\/profile\/edward-shortliffe\/\">Ted Shortliffe\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepinspiring.me\/martin-luther-king-jr-quotes\/\">Martin Luther King<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Henry Dunant\">Henry Dunant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/\">Media Lab (MIT)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (In random order) &nbsp; Leonardo da Vinci &nbsp; Bertrand Russell &nbsp; Ben Franklin &nbsp; Dr. Jack Geiger &nbsp; Jane Goodall &nbsp; Shimon Peres &nbsp; Charles Dickens &nbsp; Ray Charles &nbsp; Aretha Franklin &nbsp; Susan Lindquist &nbsp; Noam Chomsky Ayn Rand &nbsp; Yes, it is possible to be inspired by the thought and imaginative writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8782,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2255\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/phenogeno\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}