Quoted
Sun Jun 28 2009
Post a comment— Enrico Fermi, Physicist & Builder of the first experimental nuclear reactor (1901-1954).Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
Linked: UCLA’s Index of Medieval Medical Images
Tue Jun 23 2009
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Full of fascinating gems
Here’s are a few interesting ones to get you started:
- A diagram on Brain Functions ca. 1500.
and
-A table on ‘drunkeness, vomiting, sleepiness and the companions of insomnia.’ ca. 1300
DNA Fun, For Old And Young!
Mon Jun 22 2009
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Check out the incredible, addictive and entirely free DNA Heroes. All the fun of ‘Guitar Hero’ and all the science of — umm, well, ok… not that much science actually.
Quoted: On Wisdom
Sat Jun 20 2009
Post a comment— Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, in his Feb. 2009 TED Talk.“Practical wisdom,” Aristotle told us, “is the combination of moral will and moral skill.” A wise person knows when and how to make the exception to every rule, as the janitors knew when to ignore the job duties in the service of other objectives. A wise person knows how to improvise, as Luke did when he re-washed the floor. Real-world problems are often ambiguous and ill-defined and the context is always changing. A wise person is like a jazz musician — using the notes on the page, but dancing around them, inventing combinations that are appropriate for the situation and the people at hand. A wise person knows how to use these moral skills in the service of the right aims. To serve other people, not to manipulate other people. And finally, perhaps most important, a wise person is made, not born. Wisdom depends on experience, and not just any experience. You need the time to get to know the people that you’re serving. You need permission to be allowed to improvise, try new things, occasionally to fail and to learn from your failures. And you need to be mentored by wise teachers.
