Hey Rich, Lighten up!! I earn my living in science. I just had other things on my mind in highschool besides physics.... mark On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 11:01:41AM -0300, MAX wrote: > > At 06:20 AM 24/07/98 -0400, Mark H. Hunt wrote: > > > Let's see....Take my mind back to high school physics > > >class....hmmm....OK I'm there....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....ah refreshing. Thanks > > > > I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Thanx Mark! > > Y'know, I don't find this nearly as funny. At least here in the US, > we now live in a society with an aversion to science. Those who seek > to understand it are labeled as nerds and categorized as boring, while > pseudoscientic crap like UFOlogy and psychic power fascinates the masses. > As a consequence, even though we have incredible wealth and luxury > here, we also have a population that's astonishingly illiterate in > the basics of science (and mathematics). The pity of it all is that > real science is far more beautiful and fascinating than any of the > lurid alternatives put forward by the fanatical, the greedy, and > the deceptive. > > There are very real, profound, and dire consequences to this societal > ignorance, as Carl Sagan illustrates in his wonderful book, > "The Demon-Haunted World" -- which I strongly recommend to everyone. > It's very different from his other books ("Broca's Brain", "The Dragons > of Eden", 'Cosmos", etc.) and may be the best thing he's ever written. > > ---Rsk > Rich Kulawiec > rsk_at_gsp.org > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 24 1998 - 08:54:41 PDT
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