"At least once a week, if not once a day, we might each ponder what cosmic truths lie undiscovered before us, perhaps awaiting the arrival of a clever thinker, an ingenious experiment, or an innovative space mission to reveal them. We might further ponder how those discoveries may one day transform life on Earth."
~Neil Tyson
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select links to ponder:
Krugman ponders lack of leadership and consensus at G7 meeting
In 1817, Karl August Weinhold had a go at a real-life Frankenstein's monster -- only in his version he uses a cat. The German scooped out the brain and spinal cord of a recently dead cat. He then pured a molten mixture of zinc and silver into the skull and spinal cavity.
The incoherent ponderer has interesting advice on efficiency in research
Take note.
He wants us to actually have a thought at least once a week or even once a day?
That would cut into TV, i pod, reality show, fair and balanced Faux News, blog reading, commenting, texting, YouTube, Facebook and especially The Pron time.
This is awesome, as usual. Neil degrasse Tyson is so cool!
:)
As far as scientific literacy goes, he is pretty much the answer to everyone's prayers.
I meant deGrasse Tyson of course:)