Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Education, Knowledge, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Science on August 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. | |
| — Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | The Stumbling Block, Too |
| Day 5: Breezin’ | |
| 2017 | Duty |
| 2016 | Still Gaining |
| 2015 | Filling Gaps |
| 2014 | Even In Our Sleep |
| 2013 | Passion Is Always Personal |
| 2012 | And You Are? |
| 2011 | Innate Talent |
Posted in History, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged 1st Moon Landing, Buzz Adrin, Charles Duke, Eagle, History, Houston, Mission Control, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Quotes, Science, Tranquility Base on July 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| Fifty (50) years ago today, the first words were spoken by a human being on the moon (technically, in a vehicle on the moon’s surface). The two astronauts were completing their landing maneuver checklist before speaking to Earth: | ||
| Buzz Adrin: | “Contact Light.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Shutdown“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “Okay. Engine Stop.“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “ACA out of Detent.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Out of Detent. Auto.“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “Mode Control, both Auto. Descent Engine Command Override, Off. Engine Arm, Off. 413 is in.“ | |
| Charles Duke (at Mission Control in Houston): |
“We copy you down, Eagle.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Engine arm is off. Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.“ | |
| Source: | Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal, NASA | |
| First word spoken on the moon: “Contact“ | ||
| First person to speak on the moon: “Buzz Aldrin” | ||
| First word spoken on the moon directed towards Earth: “Houston“. | ||
| First person on the moon to say a word directed at Earth: “Neil Armstrong” | ||
| First word spoken by someone on Earth to someone on the moon: “We“ | ||
| First person on Earth to speak to someone on the moon: “Charles Duke” | ||
| Date of first manned landing on the moon: 20 July 1969 | ||
| Date of first human stepping on the moon surface: 21 July 1969 | ||
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| On This Day In: | ||
| 2018 | History Judges Incompetent Presidencies, Too | |
| 2017 | Our Confident New President | |
| 2016 | Ways | |
| 2015 | Be Happy, Too | |
| 2014 | At Least Smile | |
| 2013 | Comfortably Bound | |
| 2012 | Certainty | |
| Thinking About Fathers | ||
| 2011 | And In Every Level Of Media | |
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Fei-Fei Li, Jessi Hempel, Quotes, Science, The Human In The Machine, Wired Magazine on June 25, 2019| 4 Comments »
| On the phone, I ask Li if she imagines there could have been a way to develop AI differently, without, perhaps, the problems we’ve seen so far. “I think it’s hard to imagine,” she says. “Scientific advances and innovation come really through generations of tedious work, trial and error. It took a while for us to recognize such bias. I only woke up six years ago and realized ‘Oh my God, we’re entering a crisis.’ ” | |
| On Capitol Hill, Li said, “As a scientist, I’m humbled by how nascent the science of AI is. It is the science of only 60 years. Compared to classic sciences that are making human life better every day — physics, chemistry, biology — there’s a long, long way to go for AI to realize its potential to help people.” She added, “With proper guidance AI will make life better. But without it, the technology stands to widen the wealth divide even further, make tech even more exclusive, and reinforce biases we’ve spent generations trying to overcome.” This is the time, Li would have us believe, between an invention and its impact. | |
| — Fei-Fei Li (being quoted) | |
| Quoted by: Jessi Hempel | |
| From her article: “The Human In The Machine“ | |
| Appearing in: Wired Magazine, December 2018 | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | MAGA? |
| 2017 | Neutral |
| Family Over Ego | |
| 2016 | Hard Learners |
| 2015 | Goals |
| 2014 | Switch To Dogs… |
| 2013 | Times Change |
| 2012 | Ashes Not Dust |
| 2011 | A Handful From Saudi |
| None Of This Happened | |
| Take Responsibility | |
Posted in Education, Faith, History, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Faith, Fire, God, History, Love, Philosophy, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Quotes, Science on June 6, 2019| 6 Comments »
| When men have harnessed the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, they will harness for God the energies of love, and then for the second time in the history of this world, man will have discovered Fire. | |
| — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Especially In The Middle East |
| 2017 | A Good Local |
| 2016 | Life Unlimited |
| 2015 | Still Trying |
| 2014 | Destiny, n. |
| 2013 | No Apologies |
| 2012 | Utterly Convinced |
| 2011 | A Key To Effectiveness |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Beauty, John Michel, Mathematical Rules, Philosophy, Quotes, Science on April 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| The mathematical rules of the universe are visible to men in the form of beauty. | |
| — John Michel | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Skepticism |
| 2017 | WWGD? |
| 2016 | Growing Greatness |
| 2015 | When It Is Darkest |
| 2014 | Knowledge And Doubt |
| 2013 | Three Thoughts |
| 2012 | Gentle Reader |
| 2011 | Leave The Light On For Me Anyway |
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Debt, Imagination, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Science on October 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| Science does not know its debt to imagination. | |
| — Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | By Their Acts Thy Shall Know Them |
| 2016 | Remembering |
| 2015 | One |
| 2014 | Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments |
| 2013 | Irrational Complacency |
| 2012 | Why Criticize? |
| Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!! | |
| 2011 | Saying Just Enough |
| 2010 | Giants Win Game 2 Shutout of Rangers – 9 to 0!!! |
