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I'm a geek. No. Really. Really geeky. And I write poetry. And I read poetry. I'm an English teacher to-be.
I'm a geek. No. Really. Really geeky. And I write poetry. And I read poetry. I'm an English teacher to-be.
I am Jack's Minion.
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it not stirring to understand how the world actually works — that white light is made of colors, that color is the way we perceive the wavelengths of light, that transparent air reflects light, that in so doing it discriminates among the waves, and that the sky is blue for the same reason that the sunset is red? It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.
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Carl Sagan (via philphys)
I’ll have it be noted that both Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman were fond of pointing out the science of “romantic” things and never feeling like there was any way that could harm the romance of the situation. (I’m re-reading QED and Feynman goes on about how the moonlight reflected in water can get you into trouble.)
Maybe we need to pay attention to these brilliant minds that also find the romance and wonder in the world and think about why we try so hard to push people into acting “left-brained” or “right-brained” so early in life. Maybe we want to consider ways that we can keep wonder in the science classroom. Make it applicable to children’s lives, but also keep the raw beauty and curiosity.
(via moorehn)
