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#1 2005-05-27 09:23:02
- Palomar
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Re: Excuses, Excuses :P - (for science)
*What's up with all these astronomy articles which constantly seek to reinforce/make us believe the study was done SOLELY in the best interests/on the grounds of:
"measuring the scale of the Universe!"
or figuring out "the expansion rate of the Universe!"
or "to better understand the formation of our Solar System!"
:-\
Why not just admit we're studying this stuff because it's absolutely fascinating, marvelous, mind-bogglingly WOW!
And "Because It's There!" (not just for mountaineers).
Sheesh. 
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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
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#2 2005-05-27 09:49:43
- Cobra Commander
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Re: Excuses, Excuses :P - (for science)
Money. They need to justify getting it. And since "it's fascinating" doesn't cut it with the purse-string guys and trying to explain the details and significance gets you nowhere with them. . . Well, the old adage "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit" comes to mind.
Is that an old adage, or just one of mine? ???
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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#3 2005-05-27 10:07:36
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Re: Excuses, Excuses :P - (for science)
Money. They need to justify getting it. And since "it's fascinating" doesn't cut it with the purse-string guys and trying to explain the details and significance gets you nowhere with them. . .
Yeah. :-\ But probably it's mostly (high percentage) astronomy buffs reading these articles anyway (we need no justifications).
Well, the old adage "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit" comes to mind.
:laugh:
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#4 2005-05-27 10:11:16
- Cobra Commander
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Re: Excuses, Excuses :P - (for science)
But probably it's mostly (high percentage) astronomy buffs reading these articles anyway (we need no justifications).
Once you get into "propaganda mode" it's hard to turn it off.
Not that I know anything firsthand about such things. <looks around shiftily>
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#5 2005-05-27 10:40:02
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Re: Excuses, Excuses :P - (for science)
I became an avionics engineer in order to make enough money to subsist while inventing cool avionics devices. Doing science is a blast, but don't admit it if you want to keep on being paid by some sourpuss to do it ... at least until you get that good old Nobel prize.
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