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

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

01 SEP 2011 by ideonexus World More Beautiful Through Science
Richard Feynman on Science > Similarity > Rainbow More Beautiful Through Science
Richard Feynman and Mark Akenside both describe how a scientific understanding of the world increases our appreciation of it.
Folksonomies: science,wonder,understanding,scientific understanding,appreciation

24 MAY 2011 by ideonexus Knowledge for its Own Sake
What Makes a Person Predisposed To Science > Example/Illustration > Mathematicians Do Math for Its Own Sake
Successful scientists do their work for its own sake, enjoying the beauty of ideas. Mathematicians work in a type of poetry of ideas, a literature of numbers.
Folksonomies: science,research,knowledge

24 MAY 2011 by ideonexus Science is Patient
Science is Patient Observation > Emphasis > How To Enjoy Science
Patient observation is a crucial component for being a good scientist.
Folksonomies: science,scientific method,science virtues,patience

23 MAY 2011 by ideonexus Science Requires Effort
Enjoying Science Requires Effort > Emphasis > Reading the Music of Science
You must learn the language of science and love nature to enjoy and appreciate it.
Folksonomies: science,education,wonder

19 APR 2011 by ideonexus Examples of Scientists Who Believed in Rationalism
Schweitzer on Rationalism > Example/Illustration > Science Virtue and its Impact on History
Schweitzer explains why rationalism is essential to spiritual fulfillment, and Bronowski lays out examples throughout history of scientists following this idea.
Folksonomies: science,rationalism,spiritualism

29 MAR 2011 by ideonexus Creating the Most Basic and Essential Science Book Possible
Requirements for a Science Bible > Example/Illustration > Contents of the Doomsday Chest
We are lacking a fundamental book of science, a book that captures the most elementary laws and how-to's necessary to rekindle scientific research if it were ever lost.
Folksonomies: science,knowledge,civilization

23 MAR 2011 by ideonexus The Evolving Humanist Manifesto
1933 Humanist Manifesto > Time Sequence > 1973 Humanist Manifesto II - Introduction
In light of historical events between 1933 and 1973, the American Humanist Association had to revise their manifesto to make it more hopeful and realistic about humanity: It is forty years since Humanist Manifesto I (1933) appeared. Events since then make that earlier statement seem far too optimistic. Nazism has shown the depths of brutality of which humanity is capable. Other totalitarian regimes have suppressed human rights without ending poverty. Science has sometimes brought evil as we...
Folksonomies: science,atheism,humanism,humanist,secular humanism,rationality

01 MAR 2011 by ideonexus You Must Become Good at Something to Enjoy It
Nothing is Fun Until You\'re Good at It > Conclusion > Reading the Music of Science
This fact is one of the reasons people don't enjoy science, they haven't learned enough about it to appreciate it.
Folksonomies: science,education,practice,learning