30 DEC 2013 by ideonexus
The Silos in "Wool"
The silo was something she had always taken for granted. The priests say it had always been here, that it was lovingly created by a caring God, that everything they would ever need had been provided for. Juliette had a hard time with this story. A few years ago, she had been on the first team to drill past 10,000 feet and hit new oil reserves. She had a sense of the size and scope of the world below them. And then she had seen with her own eyes the view of the outside with its phantom-like sh...Folksonomies: science fiction imagination
Folksonomies: science fiction imagination
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notesDescription of the hints of a world beyond the silos.
16 NOV 2013 by ideonexus
The Game of Life is Purposeless
The real deal-breaker of this game is it's slow storyline; nothing is explained in the first level, you just start on your front door's porch with no objectives or mini-map. The NPCs don't give you any clues on what you're supposed to be doing, you're just forced to figure it out. The huge area is interesting, but as impressive as the graphics are, it seems wasted on a very "average" environment that doesn't really give the player any "Wow" visuals, like huge machines or supernatural events. ...Folksonomies: humor game reviews
Folksonomies: humor game reviews
1 The goals aren't clear. You have no idea what you're supposed to when you stand on your front porch.
30 JUL 2013 by ideonexus
Scientists Read the Book of Nature
IN IMAGINATION there exists the perfect mystery story.
Such a story presents all the essential clues, and com-
pels us to form our own theory of the case. If we
follow the plot carefully, we arrive at the complete
solution for ourselves just before the author's disclosure
at the end of the book. The solution itself, contrary to
those of inferior mysteries, does not disappoint us; more-
over, it appears at the very moment we expect it.
Can we liken the reader of such a book to the sci...But unlike a detective novel, they can't flip to the last page and they may not even find an answer.
07 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Newton Was the Last Magi
Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians ... Isaac Newton, a posthumous child born with no father on Christmas Day, 1642, was the last wonder child to whom the Magi could do sincere and appropriate homage... Why do I call him a magician? Because he looked on the whole universe and all that is in it as a riddle, as a secret which could be read by applying pure thought to certain evidence, certain mystic clues whi... 1 notes
notesLast of the Babylonians, who looked at the Universe as riddle to be solved.
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Scientific Investigation is Benefited by the Familiar
More discoveries have arisen from intense observation of very limited material than from statistics applied to large groups. The value of the latter lies mainly in testing hypotheses arising from the former. While observing one should cultivate a speculative, contemplative attitude of mind and search for clues to be followed up. Training in observation follows the same principles as training in any activity. At first one must do things consciously and laboriously, but with practice the activi... 1 notes
notesWhen the investigation involves a small area of knowledge, the scientist's familiarization with it makes discovery easier because they will notice something unusual or unexplained.
16 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Birds to Reptiles
Because reptiles appear in the fossil record before birds, we can guess
that the common ancestor of birds and reptiles was an ancient reptile,
and would have looked like one. We now know that this common ancestor
was a dinosaur. Its overall appearance would give few clues that it was
indeed a “missing link”—that one lineage of descendants would later give
rise to all modern birds, and the other to more dinosaurs. Truly birdlike
traits, such as wings and a large breastbone for anchoring ...Folksonomies: evolution
Folksonomies: evolution
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notesBirds and reptiles share many resemblances, meaning they have a common ancestor, which is dinosaurs.
