tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post7354538697416591712..comments2023-10-19T02:48:31.143+11:00Comments on I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen: C.P Snow's Two Cultures are battling it out in Suburban MelbourneMichael barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-85401376565860689832009-10-14T12:16:18.697+11:002009-10-14T12:16:18.697+11:00Yep - supposedly geeks and nerds are cool these da...Yep - supposedly geeks and nerds are cool these days...Guru Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278263694181625188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-76571348667625980652009-10-02T12:58:57.958+10:002009-10-02T12:58:57.958+10:00intelliwench
as long as she is the brainy scienc...intelliwench <br /><br />as long as she is the brainy sciency types how could it be a problemMichael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-45780740917010568892009-10-02T10:27:00.834+10:002009-10-02T10:27:00.834+10:00All's fine and well, Barnesm, until he discove...All's fine and well, Barnesm, until he discovers that girls smell nice and all that nonesense. Then you'll have your work cut out for you.!intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-32393940571165340782009-10-01T15:27:14.173+10:002009-10-01T15:27:14.173+10:00Heidi Germanaus
Thanks, it does make for a quizzi...Heidi Germanaus <br />Thanks, it does make for a quizzical look when people ask him what he wants to be when he grows up.<br /><br />chazfh<br />Looking forward to explaining how he got the radiation burns at the emergency ward.<br /><br />Moko 2.0<br />I think I understand what you are saying and he has asked a lot about god and things of spiritual nature. I've tried to encourage his thoughts about it without biasing but I know thats impossible.<br /><br />Damian<br />I agree entirely espcially with the practical advice at the endMichael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-71391648349387628322009-09-30T20:25:32.518+10:002009-09-30T20:25:32.518+10:00The thing about science that makes it a special ki...The thing about science that makes it a special kind of knowledge, is that scientific knowledge claims can be backed up, tested and defended. So what really makes for a scientific world view is to get them asking the question "How do they know that?" when anyone makes any assertion that is a knowledge claim. I think that leads naturally to getting heavily into the history of science, something that is neglected way too much for nonsensical pedagogical reasons. <br /><br />Then of course you have to encourage them to practice asking that question *inwardly*, at least to avoid getting beaten up.Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537136518971140642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-74143898867520868672009-09-30T20:11:28.198+10:002009-09-30T20:11:28.198+10:00I'm with Doc, 'cept not only would I help ...I'm with Doc, 'cept not only would I help him discover NOT ONLY "explanations that don't rely on faith or superstition" but ALSO look at the universe in a way that doesn't solely rely on another sort of 'faith and generally accepted concensus for lack of any other explanation that isn't apparently contradictory to what we DAMN WELL want to believe how it is'. :o)<br /><br />Round the education. Don't give it a pointy end. It's good for the sole. Trust me. Just no church; they are hypocrites. ;O)Moko 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-62948670828975548372009-09-30T16:03:53.396+10:002009-09-30T16:03:53.396+10:00Now all the lad needs to do is build a weaponised ...Now all the lad needs to do is build a weaponised particle accelerator for his next science projectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-56404906004292071712009-09-28T19:48:01.182+10:002009-09-28T19:48:01.182+10:00Wow,a particle physicist. That's impressive.Wow,a particle physicist. That's impressive.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614326327687523688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-81069091753107491202009-09-28T16:16:42.238+10:002009-09-28T16:16:42.238+10:00Excellent Advice Dr Yobbo and Mythbusters is certa...Excellent Advice Dr Yobbo and Mythbusters is certainly a good way to introduce the scientific method. They also teach the very valuable lesson that boys like explosions.Michael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281862716879720037.post-30439167965923358332009-09-28T15:57:47.713+10:002009-09-28T15:57:47.713+10:00I reckon get 'em thinking like a scientist fro...I reckon get 'em thinking like a scientist from day 1. Plug it into their world view. Understanding that the way to understand the world is to ask questions about it, and figure out ways of getting answers to those questions - explanations that don't rely on faith or superstition but on having a look and a fiddle about. Experimentally speaking anyway. Mythbusters et al isn't science, but at least they ask questions and test them in a vaguely scientific (if in no way rigorous) kind of way.<br /><br />They Might Be Giants have been doing this sort of stuff for a lot of years - there was that Sun song from about 20 yrs ago that some blokes in college played the arse out of under some misguided kitsch loyalty.Dr Yobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032085614743539793noreply@blogger.com