(via NASA)
I like Mars.
BJ Fogg: Psychology of Persuasion
(Source: youtube.com)
"[…] significant progress in the solutions of technical problems is frequently made not by a direct approach, but by first setting a goal of high challenge which offers a strong motivation for innovative work, which fires the imagination and spurs men to expend their best efforts, and which acts as a catalyst by including chains of other reactions."
In 1970, Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to NASA scientist Dr. Stuhlinger about his research into a piloted mission to Mars asking him how he could suggest to spend money on such a project when there are children starving on Earth. Stuhlinger wrote back to her a thoughtful reply that’s worth reading, especially today.
Evolution 101
What do scientists know (or think they know) about the origins of sentient life?
Anonymous
What do you mean by “sentient”? Is an amoeba sentient for you? It is for me.
"[…] telling yourself that everything must work out is poor preparation for those times when they don’t. You can try, if you insist, to follow the famous self-help advice to eliminate the word “failure” from your vocabulary — but then you’ll just have an inadequate vocabulary when failure strikes."
I want a physicist for a boyfriend really bad but I'm not smart at all so would they be turned off by that?
Anonymous
You have problems with your physics homework, don’t you?
