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another quote on modern science
“The eccentric, “absent-minded professor” with “crazy” ideas has been replaced by a new breed of scientist, more like a “yuppie” executive than the quirky genius of old academia. These peers cannot afford a nonconformist, or unpredictable, thinker because every new, alternative hypothesis is a potential …
Eisenhower on modern science
“Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a …
paranoiac?
so what happens if i don’t live forever? (also how i became an athiest [extremely abridged])
When I was in 7th grade my religion teacher told the class that it was ok to be gay, but that having gay sex was a sin. Tell any 12 year old kid he can’t have sex (well, the kind …
Top Ten Reasons Global Revolution WILL Happen
10. Peak Oil: Everything plastic or rubber is made of oil. Oil fuels our transport, our trade, our economy. Our entire civilization is based on the use of fossil fuels for both energy and materials. There are ways to fix …
Science, Wonder, and the Beauty of What’s Real
The struggle to find meaning in life seems almost to be a basic human impulse. Those who choose to engage in that struggle will find it both difficult and rewarding. Finding true meaning, for me, doesn’t come from made up …
First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality
This is very low tech, but actual full immersion virtual reality is more and more becoming a reality. It’s really interesting how easily these guys were made to identify with their virtual female bodies. I truly believe that right now, …
Carl Sagan: great scientist, writer, thinker, marijuana user
When I first read “The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” about a year ago, I was (and am, constantly) undergoing a transformation in the way I think about the world. That book hit me hard, and it …
Imprisonment pt.1: Bigger Cages / Longer Chains
Aubrey de Grey: Why we age and how we can avoid it
This is a couple years old already, and considering how much I like TED and how much I like the idea of avoiding aging, I was surprised to see I hadn’t seen this before. I know it’s kinda long, but …
