Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby
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Review : Matilda
I picked up Catherine Hanley's Matilda : Empress, Queen, Warrior in the gift shop of Durham Cathedral. Quite what the connection is wit...
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Where Americans think Ukraine is These are the guesses of 2066 Americans as to where Ukraine is. Only 1 in 6 were correct. Presumably the...
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Of course you can prove a negative. In one sense this can be the easiest thing in the world : your theory predicts something which doesn...
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Hmmm. [The comments below include a prime example of someone claiming they're interested in truth but just want higher standard, where...
That's why humanities are important as well as science: science tells us it is possible for both fracking and nuclear power to be safe; history, economics, etc. tell us that's not going to happen in the US where profit is more important than public safety. It's not surprising that people don't believe science saying fracking can be safe when the reality on the ground is that fracking isn't safe.
ReplyDeleteActually, that's not "humanities", that's REAL Science, or as we call it: REALITY.
ReplyDeleteAccepting "scientific" statements as fact can be correct. However, "But, what happens if we do do that thing?" Is INCREDIBLY more important today than ever before.