09 MAY 2012 by ideonexus The Empty Space of the Atom
The Frightening Discovery of the Void in the Atom > Similarity > The Empty Space in an Atom
We are shocked and disturbed by the vast emptiness of matter, which we cannot see with our eyes or feel through other senses.
Folksonomies: atom,senses,emptiness

24 APR 2012 by ideonexus Science as a Candle in the Dark
Science as a Candle in the Dark > Similarity > Discoveries Open Doors to More Discoveries
Diderot and Davy both use the metaphor that Carl Sagan uses for his book and Asimov also references.
Folksonomies: science,metaphor

23 APR 2012 by ideonexus Evolving Philosophy on Machines Imitating Humans
Why a Machine Cannot Fully Imitate a Man > Comparison > The Imitation Game
Descartes thought it impossible for a machine to replicate a human because machines can't learn. Turing lived in a world where machines can learn, so he invented the Imitation Game to determine how well a machine could think.
Folksonomies: artificial intelligence,philosophy

18 MAR 2012 by ideonexus Ignorance Begets Confidence
Ignorance Begets Confidence > Additional Support/Evidence > Dunning–Kruger effect
Darwin said it, Dunning-Kruger proved it.
Folksonomies: psychology,experiment,aphorism

06 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Size of the Universe in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Photo
Facts About the Hubble Ultra Deep Field > Summary > Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) photograph
The technical details followed by Chet Raymo's summary of how the photo demonstrates just how incredibly vast is our Cosmos.
Folksonomies: astronomy,universe,cosmos,summary,scale,hubble,photo

05 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Santa Clause is Impossible
Santa Claus Can't Live at the North Pole > Emphasis > Disproving Santa Claus with a Back of the Napkin Calculation
He can't possibly visit as many families as he's supposed to in even a year and his workshop can't be located at the North Pole.
Folksonomies: superstition

02 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Newton's Apple Fable
Newton Saw that the Moon is Falling > Additional Support/Evidence > Newton's Apple Gave New Meaning to the Garden of Eden Story
The fable of Newton's apple provided a unique insight into the Earth's relation to the moon and a secular fable with which to recast the story of Adam and Eve.
Folksonomies: secular,fable,scripture

01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Carl Sagan's Big History Told as a Fable of Our Origins
Big History as a Fable > Time Sequence > Big History as a Fable Part II
Parts I and II of his retelling of our origins.
Folksonomies: wonder,big history,fairy tale

01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Government Can Send Us to Mars
Space Exploration Costs the Same as Exploring the World > Additional Support/Evidence > Government Maps the Terrain for Private Enterprise
The Federal Government does the exploration, maps out the territory as it always has, and the cost would be proportionally the same as what it cost Europe to explore the New World.
Folksonomies: socialism,space exploration,exploration,colonization

12 DEC 2011 by ideonexus Ancient Knowledge at the Library of Alexandria
Alexandria's Promise of a Brilliant Scientific Civilization > Example/Illustration > Ionian Science
What fantastic ancient knowledge was lost with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria? A survey of Ionian Science gives us some hints.
Folksonomies: science,knowledge,anti-intellectualism,ignorance