19 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Definition of Culture
Succinct.
Folksonomies: culture

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus How Language Obfuscates
An example of how we name numbers taints our ability to solve or conceptualize certain problems.
Folksonomies: mathematics,language

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus 1847 Speculation About Extraterrestrials
On the sun trees would be larger, but would break apart if made of the same material as those on Earth.
Folksonomies: xenobiology

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Teaching is a Waste of Time
Quoting Carl Friedrich Gauss: Students who learn by lecturing go on to merely collect more facts, one who expands the boundaries of a field teaches themselves.
Folksonomies: education

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Jupiter's Pattern in the Night Sky
4th Century BC observation from Gan De.
Folksonomies: astronomy

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Things Discovered by Many at the Same Time
Ideas come to humans in general when the "time is ripe for them."
Folksonomies: ideas,discovery

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Averages are Boring
Statisticians should be interested in more complex and beautiful things.
Folksonomies: statistics

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus The Importance of Studying the Brain
It is the only way to understand ourselves and many of the diseases that afflict us.
Folksonomies: brain,observation,disorders

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus The Bible Tells Us to Look at Nature
For god's majesty is in all his works.
Folksonomies: nature,religion

18 MAY 2012 by ideonexus Learning to Read Nature
Written in mathematics, one must learn that language to understand science.
Folksonomies: education,mathematics