I recommend taking a look at Richard Feynman’s, ‘The Meaning of it All”. So many years ago I read it and was confused, how can Science not really be Science? He tries so hard to detail the cockroaches at the highest levels who have thrown away the scientific method. Here are some glaring lines from that book:
I recommend taking a look at Richard Feynman’s, ‘The Meaning of it All”. So many years ago I read it and was confused, how can Science not really be Science? He tries so hard to detail the cockroaches at the highest levels who have thrown away the scientific method. Here are some glaring lines from that book:
“scientists are working now in secret laboratories to develop the diseases that
they were so careful to control.”
“with the same knowledge of bacteria, we have hidden laboratories in which men are working as hard as they can to develop bacteria for which no one else will be able to find a cure.”
Remember that Feynman was key to pointing the finger at NASA during the Challenger disaster. The Meaning of it All was based on a lecture he gave 30+ years ago…. these unscientific endeavors have been going on since at least that time. Thanks to people like Jeff, more people are awake to it and Feynman’s lecture makes a lot more sense now than it ever did!!
Feynman wrote another classic titled, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" Supporting an attitude that, if rolled out in government schools, might reintroduce a smidge of critical thinking in our youth - and help them ditch soshul media.
Yes! I have read that and You Must Be Joking... It was a long time ago, though, so I want to read them again. It looks like they are on Audible, but not with Feynman reading, so I might just look up actual video of Feynman himself.
LOL...yeah, they thought they could use Feynman's name to legitimize their cover-up they were planning as they thought he was so old they could just manipulate him. Ha! Little did they know he was still sharp as a tack. On live TV he exposed the whole cause of the accident and blew their plans out of the water. Feynman was a rare true genius and he is missed. He died at my age.
OK here's the story. This was related to me by Dr. Arthur Robinson, chemist and basic science researcher who studied under Dr. Feynman. When the Challenger blew up, the commission set up to "investigate" (read cover-up) the accident, asked Dr. Feynman to join them who knew what they were trying to do. When he got there, he asked where the NASA mock up of the rocket was. He took the mock up apart and then went to the hearings where he would testify. When he was on the stand testifying in front of live TV coverage, he asked for a glass of ice water. He proceeded to put the O rings he had taken out of the mock-up into the glass of ice water. He then took the O rings out of the glass and they snapped in his hand. They fractured apart under stress because they were too cold.
When NASA launches a rocket, the chief engineer or launch director has the final say for "go/no go" for a launch. The launch director ruled a no-go for launch because the temperature was outside the launch parameters for a safe launch. However, someone at the White House overruled the no-go decision and forced the launch to go ahead. So the Challenger blew up when the rocket O-rings failed.
This is what happens when politics overrules intelligence and common sense. Of course, we are now all very well schooled in such idiocy.
I recommend taking a look at Richard Feynman’s, ‘The Meaning of it All”. So many years ago I read it and was confused, how can Science not really be Science? He tries so hard to detail the cockroaches at the highest levels who have thrown away the scientific method. Here are some glaring lines from that book:
“scientists are working now in secret laboratories to develop the diseases that
they were so careful to control.”
“with the same knowledge of bacteria, we have hidden laboratories in which men are working as hard as they can to develop bacteria for which no one else will be able to find a cure.”
Remember that Feynman was key to pointing the finger at NASA during the Challenger disaster. The Meaning of it All was based on a lecture he gave 30+ years ago…. these unscientific endeavors have been going on since at least that time. Thanks to people like Jeff, more people are awake to it and Feynman’s lecture makes a lot more sense now than it ever did!!
Feynman wrote another classic titled, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" Supporting an attitude that, if rolled out in government schools, might reintroduce a smidge of critical thinking in our youth - and help them ditch soshul media.
Yes! I have read that and You Must Be Joking... It was a long time ago, though, so I want to read them again. It looks like they are on Audible, but not with Feynman reading, so I might just look up actual video of Feynman himself.
Looks like it is a book to buy. I did find the first chapter free : https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/feynman-meaning.html?scp=20&sq=Extreme%2520Births&st=Search
LOL...yeah, they thought they could use Feynman's name to legitimize their cover-up they were planning as they thought he was so old they could just manipulate him. Ha! Little did they know he was still sharp as a tack. On live TV he exposed the whole cause of the accident and blew their plans out of the water. Feynman was a rare true genius and he is missed. He died at my age.
OK here's the story. This was related to me by Dr. Arthur Robinson, chemist and basic science researcher who studied under Dr. Feynman. When the Challenger blew up, the commission set up to "investigate" (read cover-up) the accident, asked Dr. Feynman to join them who knew what they were trying to do. When he got there, he asked where the NASA mock up of the rocket was. He took the mock up apart and then went to the hearings where he would testify. When he was on the stand testifying in front of live TV coverage, he asked for a glass of ice water. He proceeded to put the O rings he had taken out of the mock-up into the glass of ice water. He then took the O rings out of the glass and they snapped in his hand. They fractured apart under stress because they were too cold.
When NASA launches a rocket, the chief engineer or launch director has the final say for "go/no go" for a launch. The launch director ruled a no-go for launch because the temperature was outside the launch parameters for a safe launch. However, someone at the White House overruled the no-go decision and forced the launch to go ahead. So the Challenger blew up when the rocket O-rings failed.
This is what happens when politics overrules intelligence and common sense. Of course, we are now all very well schooled in such idiocy.
Also "Dissolving Illusions." Fascinating read.