A good friend of mine in this forum (and I'm not saying names... only that he comes after eleven, and arrives just before thirteen ) takes pride in his pragmatic approach to life... Well, there's nothing wrong with that, of course. In fact I think is something to be admired.
But this is the other side of the coin:
As the mission controllers erupted around me, one of my tweets attracted a sternly-worded demand to know how anyone would benefit from this venture to a distant and icy rock.
"What good," I was asked, "might any knowledge that it might obtain do for mankind?"
I also recently had a small discussion with @WBahn about how big leaps in science and technology are normally achieved into many smaller steps through history, I'm pretty sure he'll enjoy reading it too. Also, maybe @jpanhalt and @GopherT will also think it's worth the time reading it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32087787
It's not a long article, and the punchline is in the last paragraph.
But this is the other side of the coin:
As the mission controllers erupted around me, one of my tweets attracted a sternly-worded demand to know how anyone would benefit from this venture to a distant and icy rock.
"What good," I was asked, "might any knowledge that it might obtain do for mankind?"
I also recently had a small discussion with @WBahn about how big leaps in science and technology are normally achieved into many smaller steps through history, I'm pretty sure he'll enjoy reading it too. Also, maybe @jpanhalt and @GopherT will also think it's worth the time reading it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32087787
It's not a long article, and the punchline is in the last paragraph.