Don’t you love popular science reporting? Who would ever have guessed that nanotechnology machines were “tiny”? And what about those “strange forces” of quantum mechanics? Spooky.
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Don’t you love popular science reporting? Who would ever have guessed that nanotechnology machines were “tiny”? And what about those “strange forces” of quantum mechanics? Spooky.
Today I watched Robert Anton Wilson on YouTube explaining quantum mechanics. It made me smile … then frown … then say, ‘huh?’
Is it only me , or is Quantum thinking now taking on the mantle of a Religion . There are so many more Internet Gurus selling their meta – physical , zero point field wares .
Faith is all you empirically need !
Interesting times……….the hallowed smell of sparking electrical circuitry . Be wary when religion and science ride in the same wagon . It will make Omega men of all of us .
Science Reporting example:
Headline #1: Evolution exposed, Darwin was wrong.
Headline #2: Missing link fossil confounds scientists.
Actual story: 80 years after its initial discovery, archived transitional fossil re-discovered during museum renovations.
That’s pretty much how it goes. I depend so much on the blogosphere to get the real spin on the news, especially science new. My examples are made up and slightly exaggerated, but not by much.
@Justin I totally agree. I used to be a print journalist, and one of the things that used to drive me crazy was how everything had to be dumbed down or twisted to such a subhuman degree because most people I worked with didn’t understand science.
@Tim RAW is great – one of the first writers really to have fun with quantum stuff.