Science fiction is not valuable because it predicts the future. It is valuable because it trains the mind. It gives us a way to practice thinking about systems before we build them, and to practice caring about consequences before consequences have real names.
Can we photograph thoughts? Today on Math! Science! History! we examine the Victorian craze that …
It’s Flashcards Friday, and today I want to talk about something that matters as much as any experiment: how we talk to people who do not trust science. Not how to win an argument. Not how to humiliate someone with a fact. How to build a bridge. Because science does not spread by volume. It spreads when people feel safe
How ironic that the science industry is dominated by men, considering the term “scientist” was introduced by a woman.
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