Comments on: Reflection http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Physics World’s List - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-102845 Physics World’s List - Asymptotia Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:39:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/#comment-102845 [...] This might be a bit late for some of you, but since it’s rather good I’ll mention it anyway. Recall that I was discussing various “top n of the year” lists that came out in various publications over the last few weeks. Well, I thought that the Physics World one, a list of twelve (one for each month), was rather nice. I saw it only recently*, and so I’m linking to it. They do a nice summary of the piece of science, or science-related issue, and then give links to a number of stories that they did on it over the year. [...] [...] This might be a bit late for some of you, but since it’s rather good I’ll mention it anyway. Recall that I was discussing various “top n of the year” lists that came out in various publications over the last few weeks. Well, I thought that the Physics World one, a list of twelve (one for each month), was rather nice. I saw it only recently*, and so I’m linking to it. They do a nice summary of the piece of science, or science-related issue, and then give links to a number of stories that they did on it over the year. [...]

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-101603 Jude Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:04:31 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/#comment-101603 An interesting set of articles is the Edge Annual Question 2008--What Have you changed your mind about? Why? Some interesting perspectives. As for me, I am too rigid a thinker to have changed my mind about a blasted thing in 2007. Anyway, lots of scientists are represented (and a few of the cooler atheists). http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html An interesting set of articles is the Edge Annual Question 2008–What Have you changed your mind about? Why? Some interesting perspectives. As for me, I am too rigid a thinker to have changed my mind about a blasted thing in 2007. Anyway, lots of scientists are represented (and a few of the cooler atheists).
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-101540 spyder Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:18:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/31/reflection/#comment-101540 <i>Take 1905 for example... ...what other science stories broke that year?</i> Interesting you pick 1905 as an example. There were significant global events that year, other than science stories, that mirror much of what transpired in 2007. I have been looking at 2007 as a micro-mirror of the 20th century, and 1905 is as good a choice of reflection as any (on a grid of 100 various possible choices--tehe). Wars (following illegal invasions of sovereign nations), revolutions (bloody sundays and murdered miners among them), music and theater compositions and performances (a couple of truly great ones), new art movements, etc., and so forth---all a veritable treasure-trove of historical moments whose repercussions continue to reverberate to this day (the IQ test notwithstanding). Take 1905 for example… …what other science stories broke that year?

Interesting you pick 1905 as an example. There were significant global events that year, other than science stories, that mirror much of what transpired in 2007. I have been looking at 2007 as a micro-mirror of the 20th century, and 1905 is as good a choice of reflection as any (on a grid of 100 various possible choices–tehe). Wars (following illegal invasions of sovereign nations), revolutions (bloody sundays and murdered miners among them), music and theater compositions and performances (a couple of truly great ones), new art movements, etc., and so forth—all a veritable treasure-trove of historical moments whose repercussions continue to reverberate to this day (the IQ test notwithstanding).

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