Do Science At Home
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
— Stephen Hawking
Support science, engineering, and education; don’t cut it.
”Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet. Don’t gut these investments in our budget. Don’t let other countries win the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new American jobs and new American industries.”
Never ever EVER tell kids to not be curious.
If they aren’t allowed to explore their environment and try to connect what they learn in class to what they see every day, what is the point of making them go to school?!
After a chemistry show I put on for an area elementary school the principle stood in front of the assembly and said “Now, you all know that you are not to go home and start mixing things. It takes a lot of hard work and many hours of study to get to do science- which is something you should all work for”.
That is the wrong message, sir. I WANT THE KIDS TO GO HOME AND START MIXING THINGS IN THE KITCHEN! If mom or dad is around and the kid wants to see what will happen if they mix A and B, LET THEM. They probably won’t get into trouble doing that- it’s not like the kitchen sink has liquid Nitrogen on tap. And another thing, don’t tell kids that you have to go through years and years of crap to “do science”. They can “do science” anywhere and any time they damn well please.
As an educator and administrator, how dare you dissuade kids from thinking. I am disgusted.
Bouncing water droplet = cooooooooooool
The United States has won more Nobel prizes for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and economics since World War II than any other country, by a wide margin (it has been less dominant in literature and peace, two awards that are much more broadly distributed among nations). At least one American has won a prize each year since 1935 (excluding the years 1940 through 1942, when no prizes were given out). And the United States became dominant after a very slow start: no American won a science prize in the first six years of the prize’s existence.
The US is also unique in the scale on which it attracts human capital: of the 314 laureates who won their Nobel prize while working in the U.S., 102 (or 32%) were foreign born, including 15 Germans, 12 Canadians, 10 British, six Russians and six Chinese (twice as many as have received the award while working in China).
Go Murica! #reasonswedon’tdominateliterature
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Just, yes. Too good.
Errybody: y’all best wake up for this tomorrow. It’s gonna be awesome!!
