My son watched this video in his physics class and shared it with me last night. Talk about cool. It really is worth the 11 minutes of time spent watching.
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"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
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fascinatingOne of the grandest benefits of the enlightenment was the realization that our moral sense must be based on the welfare of living individuals, not on their immortal souls. Honest and passionate folks can strongly disagree regarding spiritual matters, so it's imperative that we not allow such considerations to infringe on the real happiness of real people.
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I believe religion has much inherent good and has born many good fruits.
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Back in my day, lazy teachers showed a lot of filmstrips. In the future it will be Ted videos. And then, just as in the past, the student's learning ability will be dramtically enhanced by the switch to the 'new' medium.Last edited by statman; 09-26-2013, 01:24 PM.Comment
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That was incredible, Il Pad. Thanks for posting this.Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View PostMy son watched this video in his physics class and shared it with me last night. Talk about cool. It really is worth the 11 minutes of time spent watching.
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I love Ted talks. That one was cool. I watched about 6 yesterday. My favorite is probably Rodney Mullen's at USC. Dude is so awesomely quirky and strangely eloquent."Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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I'll pass your concern on to my son's teacher. After 30+ years researching and developing optics for companies contracted with JPL and NASA then retiring to his hometown of SLC and being bored with retirement so he started to teach physics at AMES, I'm sure he'll be most appreciative that you have the students best interest at heart.Originally posted by statman View Post"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
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I remember going to my Gen. Ed. science class twice as a freshman in college (I think it was called Physical Science 100). After that I skipped it for the rest of the semester and just took the final exam.
Anyway, in one of the classes I actually attended they showed a video of two atomic clocks that were calibrated with each other exactly. They kept one stationary and they placed another on a supersonic jet (it might have been a Blackbird). Anyway, after the flight, the clock that was on the jet was slightly behind the atomic clock that remained stationary.
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Looks like I was totally off on the type of plane used -- but here's the wikipedia entry on the experiment
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