I would like your posts to include concrete real-world examples, rather than parables. For example, a major curiosity stopper in the real world is “studies show”: studies show that you use 10% of your brain… Now, THAT is a curiosity stopper that’s common and dangerous. I suggest it as a post topic.
On the other hand, I can’t recall any examples of anyone using science, complexity or emergence as curiocity stoppers or passwords. It might just be me, I might be stupid, but this has been bothering me.
Also, one reason why I might stop caring about light bulbs after learning that somebody understands them is that this knowledge suggests that 1) they don’t hold countless unforeseeable dangers, and 2) if a light bulb breaks, I can rely on “somebody else” to supply me with another.
If scientists tell me that a mini black hole will not consume the earth, that’s all I need to know to sleep at night. Now, if they can’t say that with certainty, that’s a problem for everyone who plans to outlive the launch of the LHC.
I would like your posts to include concrete real-world examples, rather than parables. For example, a major curiosity stopper in the real world is “studies show”: studies show that you use 10% of your brain… Now, THAT is a curiosity stopper that’s common and dangerous. I suggest it as a post topic.
On the other hand, I can’t recall any examples of anyone using science, complexity or emergence as curiocity stoppers or passwords. It might just be me, I might be stupid, but this has been bothering me.
Also, one reason why I might stop caring about light bulbs after learning that somebody understands them is that this knowledge suggests that 1) they don’t hold countless unforeseeable dangers, and 2) if a light bulb breaks, I can rely on “somebody else” to supply me with another.
If scientists tell me that a mini black hole will not consume the earth, that’s all I need to know to sleep at night. Now, if they can’t say that with certainty, that’s a problem for everyone who plans to outlive the launch of the LHC.