According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
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Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
"Moo," said the happy cow.
Written by: coleman
where's that ed209 when you need him?
Written by: nearly_all_gone
Science is great, to be sure, and it basically creates everything positive about the modern world. Unfortunately it also created all the negative stuff too, so I can see why it is a target.
Written by: nearly_all_gone
Science is nearly right, probably as near as anything will ever get, but I don't think it ever will be 100%. That's why it will continue to evolve.
Written by: coleman
i believe that science is nothing without philosophy.
but equally, i think that without science, philosophy easily moves towards the realm of the purely speculative.
where the two cross is one of the most intellectually stimulating places one can go
Written by: spiralx
science is mainly about formulating ideas and being skeptical about whether or not they are true
It took a while, but once their numbers dropped from 50 down to 8, the other dwarves started to suspect Hungry.
Written by: Icer
i dont think expectations change the result, simply the way in which you interpret those results, that is where all the problems start in my book.
Written by: coleman
"You’re not going to get away with this. It’s not cool to be weird.” - ted maul
"the now legendary" - Kaskade
"the still legendary" - Kaskade
I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
Written by: Pyrolific
ok I'll bite
So are we drawing a distinction between scientific method and scientific applications? cuz i reckon scientific method basically comes from philosophers anyhow,
Written by: Pyrolific
and modern scientific application has mostly harmed the way the whole world lives. I'm not suggesting science application is more harmful than religion (although modern technology made it easier for millions to die in recent wars). TV, microwaves and computers and general unsustainable consumerism dont actually impress me heaps. Neither do new diabetes drugs. Modern science application seems to invent and create many of the problems it so boastfully solves.
Written by: Pyrolific
Sure sure - science is going to save the world - I'm just wondering how much more 'progress' we can take? Science supporters are great at suggesting that ethics should be a part of science but it so rarely is, and ethical scientists seem to be massively derrided by the vast majority of their colleagues who just cant help but maintain their elevated social perspective. when Science starts serving the people and not the hip pockets of multinational corporates to the detriment of everyone involved perhaps we might have some real ethical science, but I dont think its going to happen in our lifetime, and theres still a lot of suffering and damage to do.
for sure there are some outstanding scientists fighting the good battle and these people should be massively applauded - but they arent in the majority.
And yeah - I recognise the irony in posting this kind of anti modern science sentiment on the internet
"Moo," said the happy cow.
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
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Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
Written by: Eera
Basically, PhDs make you unemployable, something else they don't tell you.
>What do you think about the state of the Earth?
>I'm optimistic.
>So why do you look so sad?
>I'm not sure that my optimism is justified.
Are you that clever that you smile forever?
What's from the Earth is of the greatest worth
Written by: Eera
I understand exactly where you're coming from, ed (can I call you that? we're friends, right?)
Written by: Eera
Hopefully this vogue for offering A-levels in Macrame and other such stuff will soon pass
Written by: spritie
So, maybe it's the fields that people are in that they had a hard time locating something, or after putting all that work to get the darn thing finished, they discovered they hated that area and opted for something completely different to calm their nerves (I'll admit, getting one isn't exactly a piece of cake).
Written by: gelfling
Scientists have got to take more responsibility for the resulting products of their work and society has got to stop being so short sighted!
As a teacher of science I try approach science from a critical point of view with the hope that my students will evaluate the way in which they use science as much as possible.
Written by: stainless munchkin
i dont like is how science is constantly used for pessimistic ideas, this causes cancer, and that causes cancer, how many things dont cause cancer is what we should ask, because it would be a much shorter list. I prefered it when i was younger and i could eat what i wanted because i didnt know that everything is bad for me in some way, shape or form!
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
>What do you think about the state of the Earth?
>I'm optimistic.
>So why do you look so sad?
>I'm not sure that my optimism is justified.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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What exatly do you go as a geological engineer
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I don't think PhDs make you completely unemployable, it's just not very useful for anything other than direct research work.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!