lession 12 – life is not fair

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1. kikigoddess2 (UID# 15200) 0  0

   

   March 22, 2010 at 8:24 pm

   I thought this said “lesion 12″, and then I saw the picture and thought it was numbering the bedsores.

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2. dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0

   

   March 22, 2010 at 10:05 pm

   Stephen is actually one of those incredible people who don’t waste any time feeling sorry for themselves. In a video on TED he suggested that his disability is perhaps one of the reasons that allowed him to do what he does and that he’s grateful for it.

   I also want to answer the second question. There are two main characteristics that I find make a scientist truly great. The first one is when a scientist, who probably understands the troubles and fears for the future of humanity more than the average person, has a remarkably positive outlook on life and finds joy in the most basic pleasures of life, despite fame, wealth and knowledge.

   “A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?”

   The second one is modesty when it comes to the appreciation a scientist has for his own discoveries and inventions. Even if the entire world were to applaud him, he would insist that there are almost no absolute truths and even those that appear to be absolute could be disproved tomorrow.

   “The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.”

   Hawking, Einstein, Tesla, Goethe, Marie Curie, Descartes, Chien-Shiung, Chandrasekhar, Feynman, Chomsky, Yoichiro Nambu, Carl Sagan and reboot are my absolute favourite scientists in regards to said characteristics.

   There are a couple more that I didn’t include because I’m never sure who counts as a scientist. I hope it’s ok I threw in Goethe who was not just a writer but a magnificent polymath.

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   • tricknology (UID# 10522) 0  0

     

     March 23, 2010 at 6:11 pm

     Very well said

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   • reboot (UID# 436) 0  0

     

     March 25, 2010 at 9:23 pm

     ah sucks…
     flattery will get you everywhere, my dear.

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     • rsixidor (UID# 950) 0  0

       

       March 25, 2010 at 10:30 pm

       I think you meant “shucks,” or is it possible the flattery is getting to your head?

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   • flickerdart (UID# 2110) 0  0

     March 25, 2010 at 9:34 pm

     Goethe was kind of a dick to Newton though, so he loses brownie points.

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   • nobody-knows (UID# 5034) 0  0

     

     March 25, 2010 at 10:14 pm

     DEe de DEE

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3. bstaples (UID# 6783) 0  0

   March 25, 2010 at 9:30 pm

   FAIL

   That’s lesson number 1 biatch.

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4. fortyseven (UID# 3235) 0  0

   March 25, 2010 at 10:10 pm

   The moonspeak reads:

   While battling with a body declining in health, the ultimate myster surrounding the birth of the universe is being challenged, the great physicist Stephen Hawking.?What sort of message does his way of life convey to us?

   .. is this a self help book? Makes me wonder because the moonrunes look really out of place

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   • 7eagle14 (UID# 6381) 0  0

     March 26, 2010 at 5:10 pm

     English Comprehension Test

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5. cashmods (UID# 17107) 0  0

   

   March 26, 2010 at 1:18 am

   meh just downvote this like normal

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   • rsixidor (UID# 950) 0  0

     

     March 26, 2010 at 7:44 pm

     Okay.

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