Month: March 2012
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Being Labeled for What I Don’t Believe Versus What I Do
The Reason Rally I remember unexpectedly having that conversation with my mother in law while riding in the car recently: “What do you mean Sagan isn’t going to be raised Christian?” she asked when we accidentally let slip that he wouldn’t be going to a Christian church. “There’s lots of possible belief systems out there,”…
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The Scientific Joy of Being Wrong
Esther Dyson Patch Always Make New Mistakes Credit: Gisela Giardino From time to time I find myself deeply fascinated with the Golden Ratio and its relation to the Fibbonacci set. I even bought a cross-section of a nautilus shell to proudly display in my cabinet of curiosities because they grow along the golden ratio. Then…