Tuesday, August 28, 2012

"An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer."

"An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer."
-- Max Planck (theoretical physicist, 1858-1947)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck

"Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence."

"Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence."
-- Richard Dawkins (evolutionary biologist, 1941- )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
-- Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist, 1942- )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_hawking

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
-- Marie Curie (physicist & chemist, 1867-1934)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
-- Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist, 1879-1955)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because...

"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
-- Max Planck (theoretical physicist, 1858-1947)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck

Friday, August 10, 2012

If LEGO doesn't make this a set pronto, they're stupid.

If LEGO doesn't make this a set pronto, they're stupid.

Originally shared by Scott “marsroverdriver” Maxwell

Now this is a LEGO Curiosity. It's made of 1000 LEGO pieces, and they can drive it using Bluetooth. IwantitIwantitIwantit.
http://mashable.com/2012/08/06/curiosity-mars-rover-lego/

Now I'm doubly intrigued!

Now I'm doubly intrigued!