By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:28:35 +0000

There are so many things that changed. It is true that people are challenging to create new histories. I just wish that if there are any changes that will happen it'll be for the best. Mary from calculer pourcentage d'augmentation

By: rich solomon

rich solomon — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:50:31 +0000

science as a body of knowledge is in a strange position now, particularly with the boundary-destroying internet challenging the people of the world to create new histories and mythologies to explain to ourselves and each other who we are, how we got here, and what to do next. At one time the basic principles of Newtonian science could be taught, explained, illustrated by simple experiments that offered in a concrete, practical way that proof by experiment was superior to the opinions of grey-clad authorities or words printed on a page, taken on faith. Now the subjects of science are so great or so tiny or so subtle that they are hardly observable, let alone easy to experiment on. The evolutionary success has taken it to a place where its claims cannot be verified (or even understood) outside of the lab, where the unassailability of its claims is professed by those vested in it to its educated faithful, and where the skepticism which once gave science a foothold against dominant dogma is now considered the mark of a hopeless ignoramus when turned against a scientific claim. Embarrassingly, science can no longer say “see for yourself” when it comes to climate, astrophysics, microbiology, or invisible particles travelling great distances to collide with one another.

I may be off topic here, but am looking forward to your book.

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