By empowering readers and observers with transparent access to the means by which conclusions are reached, rather than assembling them in an audience to hear the Authorities deliver the catechism from on high, we are all of us becoming scientists in this way, entering into a democracy of the intellect that is already bearing spectacular […]
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[The bike is] one of the great force amplifiers of all time because it doesn’t detract from us–it takes everything we’ve got and amplifies it. Most computers today are sold like cars, whereas many things as possible are done for you. You don’t have to understand how it works and, in fact, you don’t have […]
Aamzing animation showing the development of a starfish, from the first cell divisions to adulthood: The animation was made with Blender. And there’s a cool poster with a cladogram in the sand, illustrating the phylogeny of echinoderms. Check the original post. P.S. For comparison, once I tried to create cell divisions in Blender and the […]
“It’s a story about us, people, being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to create impressions that won’t last, on people we don’t care about.”
Connecting vs Protecting. Excellent!
Echinoderms are mostly sedentary and hence they are more peaceful than other phylas :)
Consider the following breakdown for market share by operating system as of June 2010. “A” … 91%”B” … 4.4%”C” … 1% One could easily assume that “A” is Microsoft Windows, “B” is Mac and “C” is Linux. This list, however, does not include family computers purchased at your neighborhood electronics store. Rather it looks at […]
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It was, Lewis Wolpert admits, a rather pretentious thing to say. The renowned biologist and author was at a European scientific meeting with colleagues when a doctor delegate asked him what he was researching. Gastrulation, Wolpert replied. The doctor’s declaration of ignorance was briskly met with: “It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation […]