02 JAN 2018 by ideonexus
Humanity vs Ideolog Quote
"If your belief is in disagreement with my humanity, I don't have to be tolerant of that. I don't have to make room for that. There's not room in a big tent for you to negotiate away my humanity and call it your political or ideological leaning." -@MsPackyetti08 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Morals are Natural
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of this kind, at the fundamental principle, that the greater the number of individuals observed, the more do individual peculiarities, whether physical or moral, become effaced, and leave in a prominent point of view the general facts, by virtue of which society exists and is preserved.Folksonomies: civilization
Folksonomies: civilization
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notesThat's what I take from this quote, which talks about the normative nature of habits that appear when our sample size is large enough and those habits make civilization possible.
07 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Inventors Know How to Fail
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. You see, from the time a person is six years old until he graduates form college he has to take three or four examinations a year. If he flunks once, he is out. But an inventor is almost always failing. He tries and fails maybe a thousand times. It he succeeds once then he's in. These two things are diametrically opposite. We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intell...In this way they are different from students, who only know success. Quote from Charles F. Kettering.
31 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
The Danger of "Man-Midwifery"
The introduction of men into the lying in chamber in place of female attendants, has increased the suffering and dangers of childbearing women, and brought multiplied injuries and fatalities upon mothers and children; it violates the sensitive feelings of husbands and wives and causes an untold amount of domestic misery. The unlimited intimacy between a male profession and the female population silently and effectually wears away female delicacy and professional morality, and tends probably m...Folksonomies: history obstetrics
Folksonomies: history obstetrics
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notes1848 quote about the immorality and danger of male obstetricians.
29 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
Science Fiction Inspires
Not only is science fiction an idea of tremendous import, but it is to be an important factor in making the world a better place to live in, through educating the public to the possibilities of science and the influence of science on life which, even today, are not appreciated byu the man on the street. ... If every man, woman, boy and girl, could be induced to read science fiction right along, there would certainly be a great resulting benefit to the community, in that the educational standa...Folksonomies: science fiction
Folksonomies: science fiction
Quote from Hugo Gernsback.
16 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
If We Knew the Outcome of a War, There Would be No Need t...
The determining cause of most wars in the past has been, and probably will be of all wars in the future, the uncertainty of the result; war is acknowledged to be a challenge to the Unknown, it is often spoken of as an appeal to the God of Battles. The province of science is to foretell; this is true of every department of science. And the time must come—how soon we do not know—when the real science of war, something quite different from the application of science to the means of war, will...1 
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notesQuote from Sir Michael Foster Times Literary Supplement, 28 Nov 1902, 353-4.
01 MAY 2012 by TGAW
The Celebrity of Big Trees
"Being able to reach out and touch the biggest tree of that species in the country is like shaking hands with a movie star or famous athlete"Folksonomies: trees
Folksonomies: trees
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notesLove this quote about touching the biggest specimen of a tree species
28 APR 2012 by ideonexus
Do What You Love
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis cannot be described in words. Quote from Gertrude B. Elion's lecture notes.
22 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
The Borg and Ants
"Restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation ... whenever possible.... The colony is integrated as though it were in fact one organism ruled by a genome that constrains behavior as it also enables it.... The physical superorganism acts to adjust the demographic mix so as to optimize its energy economy.... The
austere rules allow of no play, no art, no empathy."
The Borg are among the most frightening, and intriguing, species of alien creature ever portrayed on the t... 1 notes
notesKrauss presents a quote about E.O.Wilson's book on ants and how it works perfectly to describe the Borg in Star Trek.
22 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Teddy Roosevelt's Environmentalism
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.Folksonomies: environmentalism national parks
Folksonomies: environmentalism national parks
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notesWe must secure our national resources to be passed on to future generations. (TODO: Find the context of this quote)
