Comments on: Informing the public of the pursuit of knowledge http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587 Gaddlöst bi samlar ingen honung. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:58:13 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587&cpage=1#comment-9241 Alex Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:26:18 +0000 http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587#comment-9241 Excellent and all too accurate post. I particularly like the ITN motto! Alexander Fleming would have been worth a mention. After all the majority of us, luddites included, would be dead if it wasn't for his medicinal research and accidental discovery of the world's first antibiotic. Cheers, Alex Excellent and all too accurate post. I particularly like the ITN motto! Alexander Fleming would have been worth a mention. After all the majority of us, luddites included, would be dead if it wasn’t for his medicinal research and accidental discovery of the world’s first antibiotic.

Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: David http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587&cpage=1#comment-9230 David Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:07:27 +0000 http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587#comment-9230 Just heard the most depressing "Thought for the Day" on Radio Scotland this morning (why do these people get airtime?). The chap's (think he was a Catholic priest, but that's irrelevant) argument boiled down to the same old boring arguments trotted out time and time again by his ilk. "Science doesn't have all the answers", "Some things are just a mystery and should remain so", "Why look for answers to questions like this when the answers are all here in this book ..." What a boring, unimaginative, tired and incredibly depressing outlook to have on life. "Don't ask questions, don't look for answers, take my word for it. It's all a mystery, OK?" Pathetic. Just heard the most depressing “Thought for the Day” on Radio Scotland this morning (why do these people get airtime?).

The chap’s (think he was a Catholic priest, but that’s irrelevant) argument boiled down to the same old boring arguments trotted out time and time again by his ilk. “Science doesn’t have all the answers”, “Some things are just a mystery and should remain so”, “Why look for answers to questions like this when the answers are all here in this book …”

What a boring, unimaginative, tired and incredibly depressing outlook to have on life. “Don’t ask questions, don’t look for answers, take my word for it. It’s all a mystery, OK?”

Pathetic.

]]> By: tia o'connor http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587&cpage=1#comment-9225 tia o'connor Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:15:35 +0000 http://www.silversprite.com/?p=587#comment-9225 A different attitude in Romania (where we live for the moment): in the absence of any shocking news, this subject of the breaking news for a couple of days. Emphasis, of course, on the "end of the world" aspect, but the procedure was exaplined in detail on all TV stations (too many of them, all too mediocre). The reaction of the Romanians: "Yeah, right, anyway, I have to buy a fridge tomorrow". One of the main news this morning: "An Indian woman killed herself by ingesting pesticides because she found out about the end of the world". There you are - which attitude is best? :-)) A different attitude in Romania (where we live for the moment): in the absence of any shocking news, this subject of the breaking news for a couple of days. Emphasis, of course, on the “end of the world” aspect, but the procedure was exaplined in detail on all TV stations (too many of them, all too mediocre). The reaction of the Romanians: “Yeah, right, anyway, I have to buy a fridge tomorrow”. One of the main news this morning: “An Indian woman killed herself by ingesting pesticides because she found out about the end of the world”.
There you are – which attitude is best? :-) )

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