Are you down with Real Science?
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“There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be, but we have done various things over intellectual history to slowly correct some of our misapprehensions.”
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| — | Douglas Adams, English writer and dramatist (1952-2001), in a Speech at Digital Biota 2, Cambridge, UK, (1998) |
You guys like Saturn, right? Here’s a whole gallery of Saturn GIFs, from rings to moons, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. They’re part modern art and part science.
Next to the Voyager twins, I think Cassini might be the best satellite NASA ever launched. Certainly takes the best pictures. Tumblr’s own staceythinx has an iPad app called Cassini HD that features even more photos, plus color, plus science.
(GIFs by framesandflames)
Yes. Yes I do like Saturn.
Oh my gosh…
Chris Hadfield sings a cover of Space Oddity by David Bowie in orbit.
Brought a tear to my eye. :’)
Yes this is perfect.
I look up — many people feel small because they’re small and the Universe is big — but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity.
That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant, you want to feel like a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you.
That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive…
- Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson [ x ]
:D from Reddit:
Gave a two-part final exam today. With/without calculator. This dude says “I’ll take the non-calculator” and whips out this 4 foot slide rule. Year = made.
It’s important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.
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| — | Elon Musk (via omiethehomie) |
