tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post3614020890492265454..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Secret Science Club North Post Lecture Recap: One Hundred Years of Solitude RelativityBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-76560026049962353452015-10-31T10:42:52.899-04:002015-10-31T10:42:52.899-04:00It's a great thing, wish it was all over the c...It's a great thing, wish it was all over the country.<br /><br />BTW my commenting has been sparse because I'm pretty busy with some offline stuff.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-86169057060333589052015-10-30T14:51:31.640-04:002015-10-30T14:51:31.640-04:00Good stuff, Mr. Bastard. If only more people truly...<i>Good stuff, Mr. Bastard. If only more people truly understood how much we know about the universe, how it works, how it evolved, what comprises it and the particles and forces that make everything work, they'd be so much better off. They wouldn't need the silliness of mythology, they would bother with the intellectual incoherence of astrology, and they would demand better of their fiction.</i><br /><br />That's the importance of events such as the Secret Science Club and Cafe Scientifique lectures, they demystify the science without diluting it. I was heartened by seeing kids in the audience... really, seeing three generations of laypersons interested enough to attend a lecture.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-24291552072095206452015-10-29T14:00:29.637-04:002015-10-29T14:00:29.637-04:00Good stuff, Mr. Bastard. If only more people truly...Good stuff, Mr. Bastard. If only more people truly understood how much we know about the universe, how it works, how it evolved, what comprises it and the particles and forces that make everything work, they'd be so much better off. They wouldn't need the silliness of mythology, they would bother with the intellectual incoherence of astrology, and they would demand better of their fiction. <br /><br />Most people don't know we know the precise age of the universe, the size of the universe, we know about nucleosytnthesis, we know about the tiny excess of matter over antimatter (tantalizingly, we don't know why that should have happened), we understand the Standard Model and can not only make predictions from it, we can create elements!<br /><br />There is nothing so exciting, and no greater frustration than to realize how many answers I'm never going to know because I'll die first. mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com