Kary Mullis on what scientists do

[68Wooley]

Here's the thing on Global Warming.

Whether or not its happening, whether or not its man made and whether or not CO2 is a contributing factor, we - the human race- are going to burn every last drop of fossil fuels we can get our grubby little hands.

The sooner we all accept that, the sooner we can all relax and get on with it.

[Getback]

Texasmom, I thought it was great. Reminded me of the things I did as a kid. Tried to make a cannon once. Thank god that didn't work.

[moot]

Another scientist of sorts.

Intelligence like Elon’s—self-originating, self-sustaining, seemingly parentless—provokes a reflexive question from everyone who encounters it. Where does such a child come from? It’s also a rhetorical question. The better thing to ask is: Where does such a child go?

This is the more relevant question not only because it is answerable but because it can and must be asked and answered now. Now—when we are more uncertain about one another, and about ourselves, and about our direction, than we have been in decades—it is important for us to hear a story like Elon Musk’s. As a reminder. And as a bracing slap to the face.

Because when children like Elon Musk attain the kind of self-awareness that leads to questions about environment—Where in the world can I go for the license and the room to do what I must do? Where in the world are my peers?—they always, and still, come to the same conclusion.

Elon Musk knew when he was a child. A remarkable conviction for a child to have, and all the more so because there was no specific dream attached to it. There was no “to build rocket ships” or “to make millions” or “to design computer software.” Instead, Elon (pronounced ee-lon) had this thought, consciously, literally, and at the age of 10: America is where people like me need to go. That is where people like me have always gone. A place that was the photographic negative of apartheid South Africa, a place less encumbered than any in the world, ever, by fear.

“It is as true now as it has always been,” says Elon Musk, the man who is endeavoring—as preposterously as he is credibly—to give the human race its biggest upgrade since the advent of consciousness. “Funny how people seem to have forgotten that. But almost all innovation in the world takes place in the United States.”

The article. 

[texasmom]

Texasmom, I thought it was great. Reminded me of the things I did as a kid. Tried to make a cannon once. Thank god that didn't work.

It's never too late Getback! Get out there & make one! 

A few years back all the 'menfolk' in the family got together & made potato guns ~ then spent an entire weekend blowing potatos out of the thing.  Technically it was supposed to be the 'boys' who were doing the thing; I walked out & saw the boys all sitting in lawn chairs while the 'men' were hollering at one another about which potato went futher (yes, they were saying 'futher' instead of 'further').  Good thing they had a ton of field to shoot into, those things looked dangerous.

[texasmom]

Erin McKean redefines the dictionary.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html

Heck, I didn't understand half of what she was saying, but the other half sounded great.



and OMG ~ found my favorite one for sure:
Jay Walkers library.  Wow ~ check it out! Just amazing. It's library perfection!
http://www.mixx.com/stories/3284514/jay_walker_s_library_of_human_imagination

[bozon]

Here's the thing on Global Warming.

Whether or not its happening, whether or not its man made and whether or not CO2 is a contributing factor, we - the human race- are going to burn every last drop of fossil fuels we can get our grubby little hands.

HAHA! that's a good one 

The truth is always funny... OK, sometimes.

[CAP1]

Lute, you better come up with better than that. If you would so like, I will address the cases you chose to "CUT AND PASTE"  (without source, of course...a "signature" of yours) in another forum.  This isn't the place, and your particular "Cut and Paste" is so old as to be archaic.  All of those points have been disproven repeatedly.

 In any case, I'm not hijacking TxMoms good thread to make another thread on climate change. 

if you choose to take this to another forum, could you please inform the rest of us where ya take it? i'm enjoying seeing you put your foot in your mouth. 

or did you mean to simply start another thread? oooo...and if you lookatr the post again, there is a linky to a source sir.

[CAP1]

Here's the thing on Global Warming.

Whether or not its happening, whether or not its man made and whether or not CO2 is a contributing factor, we - the human race- are going to burn every last drop of fossil fuels we can get our grubby little hands.

The sooner we all accept that, the sooner we can all relax and get on with it.

define fossil fuels. and oil is not that answer. 

[CAP1]

It's never too late Getback! Get out there & make one! 

A few years back all the 'menfolk' in the family got together & made potato guns ~ then spent an entire weekend blowing potatos out of the thing.  Technically it was supposed to be the 'boys' who were doing the thing; I walked out & saw the boys all sitting in lawn chairs while the 'men' were hollering at one another about which potato went futher (yes, they were saying 'futher' instead of 'further').  Good thing they had a ton of field to shoot into, those things looked dangerous.

aaww, c'mon mom!!! you know we nevr grow up. on the outside we look like men.....but in reality, inside, we;re still kids.....just bigger now. 

[Angus]

Myth: WMLute has busted the myth of GW.
Fact: His busting is like a busted balloon.

Here's a good one:
"MYTH 7:  CO2 is a pollutant.
FACT:  This is absolutely not true. Nitrogen forms 80% of our atmosphere. We could not live in 100% nitrogen either. Carbon dioxide is no more a pollutant than nitrogen is."

I'd like to see you breath in 80% CO2 

[CAP1]

Myth: WMLute has busted the myth of GW.




I'd like to see you breath in 80% CO2 

plants and trees breath co2...and what do they give us? 

[rabbidrabbit]

Here's the thing on Global Warming.

Whether or not its happening, whether or not its man made and whether or not CO2 is a contributing factor, we - the human race- are going to burn every last drop of fossil fuels we can get our grubby little hands.

The sooner we all accept that, the sooner we can all relax and get on with it.

Thats true to but when?  And doesn't the increasing difficulty of getting that product increase costs which then increases demand for alternatives?

[CAP1]

Here's the thing on Global Warming.

Whether or not its happening, whether or not its man made and whether or not CO2 is a contributing factor, we - the human race- are going to burn every last drop of fossil fuels we can get our grubby little hands.

The sooner we all accept that, the sooner we can all relax and get on with it.

here...check these links........

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38645

http://www.321energy.com/editorials/bainerman/bainerman083105.html

[MORAY37]

gosh...

And here I thought a link titled SOURCE at the bottom would be enough.

(and pray tell at this "other forum" do show where I copy/paste things w/o giving credit or a source to the extend that you can call it a "signature" of mine.  that is just laughable)

Apparently some people need you to hold their hand and click the mouse for 'em.  Next time I will remember to increase the font for the link, bold it, and type in caps MORAY CLICK HERE with arrows pointing towards the link.

It would look something like this. 
SOURCE  <= MORAY CLICK HERE
Tell me if this is sufficent or should I change the color.


(and yes, sorry for the HiJack TxMom)

Yup.  You posted a source.  (I guess you failed to see the sarcasm in my point about your "source" or lack thereof, sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum, i guess.)  A source that does the exact same thing you do..... Start with an opinion (Hell, they even say this in their mission statement, that should be your first clue) and attempt to find a paper(s) which supports that opinion, regardless of the authorship.(Some of em are really laughable)  AGAIN, THIS IS NOT HOW SCIENCE WORKS.  They don't do any of the work, and probably don't understand the work they cite to begin with.  It is so flawed in thought, that an undergraduate in any science could probably detect the problems. 

Move that diatribe you posted to a fresh topic, and I will systematically show you where you are wrong. (in actuality, the person(people) who are wrong are the ones you are cutting and pasting  from, as you are unable to formulate your own ideology from the facts present.)   

Again TxMom, very good find.  Apologies for the hijacks.

[Chalenge]

I think the Louise Leakey and Patricia Burchat and Robert Ballard and Stephen Hawkings talks are all very very interesting.