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Pitfalls of Common Sense: courtesy of Carl Sagan – blog 4 of 11
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The first of six of Sagan’s twenty most common and perilous pitfalls — many of which are rooted in our chronic discomfort with ambiguity — are available here – one and two (blog 1 of 11), three and four (blog 2 of 11)…
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Atom puns & jokes 2/n
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! Don’t trust atoms; they make up everything. PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same time, and think about the…
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Pitfalls of Common Sense: courtesy of Carl Sagan – blog 3 of 11
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The first of four of Sagan’s twenty most common and perilous pitfalls — many of which are rooted in our chronic discomfort with ambiguity — are available here – one and two (blog 1 of 11) and three and four (blog 2 of…
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Summer evening talk – “The Stars and the Planets … Stargazing for All” – 16 August 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Portswood Library, ‘Under the Dome’, Portswood Road, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO17 2NG PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same time, and think about the Cosmos. In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as…
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Hope lives here.
Hope vs Cope vs Mope: Hope – We’ll build a better future. The future is bright. Cope – Everything was better in the past. We need to slow down. Mope – Everything’s bad. We’re all going to die very soon. Credit: @_brightmirror (Twitter) “Value the future on a timescale longer than your own.” Richard Dawkins,…
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Atom puns & jokes 1/n
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows the first of some ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! Professor: what do you know about atoms?Me: very littleProfessor: aside from that? PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely,…
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Pitfalls of Common Sense: courtesy of Carl Sagan – blog 2 of 11
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Continuing with Sagan’s twenty most common and perilous pitfalls — many of which are rooted in our chronic discomfort with ambiguity — with examples of each in action. One and two (blog 1 of 11) are here. The third and fourth of these…
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“Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine …”
— Isaac Asimov (2 Jan 1920 – 6 Apr 1992) American author (of Russian parentage) and professor of biochemistry at Boston University who was a prolific author and editor of science fiction and non-fiction. He was a regular commentator on science and society and atheism and developed the three laws of robotics. Asimov was also…
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Pitfalls of Common Sense: courtesy of Carl Sagan – blog 1 of 11
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark At the end of my last blog on Sagan’s baloney detection kit, Sagan admonishes against the twenty most common and perilous ones — many rooted in our chronic discomfort with ambiguity — with examples of each in action. The first two of these…
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Carl Sagan’s “baloney detection kit” – blog 10 of 10
– Carl Sagan’s Fine Art of Baloney Detection, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The opening quote, from Carl Sagan, for this series of blogs was: The method of science, as stodgy and grumpy as it may seem, is far more important than the findings of science. Science can be hard (can…
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You Can Still Read NASA’s Deleted “First Woman” Graphic Novels
With thanks to Keith Cowing of NASAWatch.com Credit: https://nasawatch.com/education/you-can-still-read-nasas-deleted-first-woman-graphic-novels/ ____________________________________________________________________ The following is mainly taken from NASAWatch.com‘s page about this story. In 2021 NASA issued the first of two interactive comic books/graphic novels (“First Woman: Dream to Reality”) depicting young women dreaming of – and then training for – a future that would comprise the…
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One Penny for Space
Will you sign the petition? I have. Credit: https://pennyforspace.vercel.app/ ____________________________________________________________________ One Penny for Space is a petition to ask the UK government to increase spending on space to 1%. Click on the badge below to learn more about the petition by Peter Hague of Plutocracy. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a…
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Space and science-related puns & jokes no. 76
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or a joke. Here follows more space and science-related puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! __________________________________________________________________ Q: If you know nothing about constellations at least learn Ursa MinorA: …that’s the bear minimum This will be the last pun/joke for a while – due to some…
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Space and science-related puns & jokes no. 75
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or a joke. Here follows more space and science-related puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! __________________________________________________________________ Q: Why are they called Hemorrhoids?A: Because Asteroids was already taken __________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can In the…
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Space and science-related puns & jokes no. 74
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or a joke. Here follows more space and science-related puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! __________________________________________________________________ Apologies, yet another image/meme. If you can’t mix jokes/puns with memes … well you can and I have! __________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date…
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Space and science-related puns & jokes no. 73
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or a joke. Here follows more space and science-related puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! __________________________________________________________________ Apologies, yet another image/meme. Definitely a dad joke, too! If you can’t mix jokes/puns with memes/dad jokes … well you can and I have! __________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee,…
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