23 APR 2012 by ideonexus
Materialism Spurs the Sciences
Progress in civilization comes from the need for institutions to protect material gains.
Folksonomies: society,civilization,materialism
Progress in civilization comes from the need for institutions to protect material gains.
Folksonomies: society,civilization,materialism
23 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
The Argument Against Man Being a Social Animal
Man kills for fun, Dart argues, which no other animal does. This is not exactly true.
Folksonomies: biology,society,sociology,violence
Man kills for fun, Dart argues, which no other animal does. This is not exactly true.
Folksonomies: biology,society,sociology,violence
22 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
The Supernova the Western World Didn't See
But was recorded in China. An explanation for why it wasn't seen in Europe is that observers would probably be burned at the stake.
Folksonomies: culture,society,astronomy,dark ages
But was recorded in China. An explanation for why it wasn't seen in Europe is that observers would probably be burned at the stake.
Folksonomies: culture,society,astronomy,dark ages
18 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Society Needs People Who Are Concerned With Ideas, Not Things
Quoting Marie Curie on a class of people who are not materialist, but society should support them so they need not be concerned with materialism.
Folksonomies: science,society,funding
Quoting Marie Curie on a class of people who are not materialist, but society should support them so they need not be concerned with materialism.
Folksonomies: science,society,funding
07 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Sciences are Monuments Devoted to the Public Good
Each of us owes a tribute to them according to our talents, either improving what is there, or carrying society to even greater heights.
Folksonomies: science,culture,society
Each of us owes a tribute to them according to our talents, either improving what is there, or carrying society to even greater heights.
Folksonomies: science,culture,society
31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Danger of Believing Unproven Things
Is that we fall into the habit of believing these things, the empirical knowledge we have crumbles, and we return to savagery.
Folksonomies: society,empiricism,morals
Is that we fall into the habit of believing these things, the empirical knowledge we have crumbles, and we return to savagery.
Folksonomies: society,empiricism,morals
31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Telegraph Created the United States
Satellites will create the United Nations. A quote from Arthur C. Clarke.
Folksonomies: communication,society
Satellites will create the United Nations. A quote from Arthur C. Clarke.
Folksonomies: communication,society
28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Culture is the Human Ecological Niche
A quote from C. Loring Brace.
Folksonomies: culture,society
A quote from C. Loring Brace.
Folksonomies: culture,society
16 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Science is a Social Act
That benefits from interactions with other fields.
Folksonomies: science,society,socialization,cross polination
That benefits from interactions with other fields.
Folksonomies: science,society,socialization,cross polination
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Web is a Social Tool Not a Technological One
It is meant to help people to work together ultimately, weaving us together.
Folksonomies: internet,world wide web,technology,society
It is meant to help people to work together ultimately, weaving us together.
Folksonomies: internet,world wide web,technology,society


