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The great roach drive

Postby Technomancer » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:26 am

Just a really neat article on The Loom 'The Wisdom of Parasites'
http://loom.corante.com/
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.

Neil Postman
(The End of Education)

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge

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Postby Doubleshadow » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:15 pm

Sweet. I remember seeing something very similiar on TV some years ago. In that instance, the wasp chewed the antennas off the roach to make it obedient.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:53 pm

I wonder if they got the idea for the creature busting out of the guy's gut in ALIEN
from this.
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