Science, then and now
Here's a nice little comic demonstrating the difference between science now and 100 years ago:
It's sad how spot-on it is, except that scientists (and some parts of the interested general public) are still excited to learn and discover how nature works. I know I find it exhilarating when I learn some deep truth, even if it is at some weak level (an instance was when my Quantum Mechanics professor gave a lecture about how Angular Momentum is just two harmonic oscillators, once again showing that everything important is a harmonic oscillator in disguise). I can only wonder why more people don't share the same enthusiasm for discovery.
It's sad how spot-on it is, except that scientists (and some parts of the interested general public) are still excited to learn and discover how nature works. I know I find it exhilarating when I learn some deep truth, even if it is at some weak level (an instance was when my Quantum Mechanics professor gave a lecture about how Angular Momentum is just two harmonic oscillators, once again showing that everything important is a harmonic oscillator in disguise). I can only wonder why more people don't share the same enthusiasm for discovery.
posted at
11/27/2007 08:25:00 AM
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1 Comments:
They've been taught by their schools that thinking is hard. They've been taught by their schools to hate what children naturally love: to learn new things, to love poetry, etc. And then there are those who benefit from keeping people ignorant.
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Troy Camplin, at 2:18 PM, November 29, 2007
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