Archive for July 1, 2008
The price of certainty
Jul 1st
“The more I study the universe, the more meaningless it becomes.”
-Steven Weinberg (nobel laureate, physics)
It’s strange that the more certain we can be of something, the less meaningful it tends to be. I can be certain that if I draw a triangle on a flat sheet of paper, the sum of the interior angles will More >
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Loading ...The Science Wars and Physics Popularizations
Jul 1st
I just finished a fascinating book, “Reading Popular Physics” by Elizabeth Leane. It approaches the science wars from a really different perspective than usual by looking at physics popularizations instead of physics (or science) itself.
The science wars are a debate between science studies academics (usually coming from a humanities or sociology educational background) and physical More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Academics v. Evangelicals
Jul 1st
On the “The Volokh Conspiracy” (a blog) Todd cites data (p. 12) indicating that 53% of academics have negative views of evangelical Christians, the religious group most disliked by the academic community. He theorizes that these negative views are an expression of “bigotry” based on “stereotypes and ignorance.”
This data and commentary are interesting on a More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...VANDHANA SHIVA ON FARMER’S SUICIDE IN INDIA AND ENLIGHTENMENT HERE
Jul 1st
In India, more than three hundred farmers climbed water tanks in thecountry’s central Vidarbha region, many of them threatening to commit suicide unless the government fulfilled their demands to lift them outof poverty. Throughout India, more and more troubled farmers arekilling themselves. Up to three farmers a day swallow pesticides, hangthemselves from trees, drown themselves More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...“Youth can do anything if they want!”
Jul 1st
“Youth can do anything if they want!”
A great man of his time had said this line and it’s true.
You know, I know and rest of the world also knows it. But we don’t know exactly that how can the youth win the world and what are the ways to be a very successful, frank, bold, More >
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