June 2012
0 posts
Watchlickystickypickywe:
typicoyle:briemixx:noobjake:
That is awesome
Mind blown. Geeks will inherit (and always have been inheriting) the world.
What is this black magic fuckery what?
Dear Santa. Can I have a Makey Makey this year?
May 2012
9 posts
“Some ideas are better than others. The machinery for distinguishing them is an...”
– Carl Sagan on mastering the vital balance between skepticism and open-mindedness (via explore-blog)
No regrets.
“Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of...”
– Carl Sagan on books, 1980. (via explore-blog)
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a...”
– Polaroid inventor Edwin Land on embracing failure, among other insights on what it takes to innovate.
Also see Land on the 5,000 steps to success. (via explore-blog)
April 2012
10 posts
“Fall in love… You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That...”
– Adrian Tan (Life and How to Survive it)
“Science teaches the value of rational thought as well as the importance of...”
– Richard Feynman defines science. (via explore-blog)
TeachThemHowToThink: The Dragon In My Garage -... →
imperialchill:
“A fire-breathing dragon lives in my garage.”
Suppose (I’m following a group therapy approach by the psychologist Richard Franklin) I seriously make such an assertion to you. Surely you’d want to check it out, see for yourself. There have been innumerable stories of dragons…
March 2012
15 posts
“The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
“On average, you have 78 years total to live. The first 18-20 are spent learning,...”
– (via bradgarland)
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...”
– Blaise Pascal, French philosopher, Pensees (1623-1662)
[Yes it’s that Pascal]
(via nonplussedbyreligion)
“Science is a way of thinking, much more than it is a body of facts.”
– Carl Sagan (via artoftheunbeliever)
“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via sherry)
“How weird are words? I’m making noises with my mouth and you’re reading my...”
– Joe Rogan (via nathanielstuart)
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he’s...”
– Giorgos Seferis (via jerzee55)
February 2012
29 posts
“Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely...”
– Sam Harris (via cocknbull)
“Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the...”
– Bertrand Russell (via ageofreason)
“Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then...”
– Karen Armstrong
