http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=69 discussion of science, humans, and games Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:18:26 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=69&cpage=1#comment-67 halfjack Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:49:25 +0000 http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=69#comment-67 Yeah it's one of a small set of things that remind me that it's not really the case that everyone is and idiot. Some days it feels like that, but the enormity of this success compared with the large number of people involved and therefore the huge possibility of failure due to individuals, suggests that we are in aggregate smarter than we seem. It'd be nice to be reminded as eloquently by earthward events as skywards, but I will take what I can get. :D Yeah it’s one of a small set of things that remind me that it’s not really the case that everyone is and idiot. Some days it feels like that, but the enormity of this success compared with the large number of people involved and therefore the huge possibility of failure due to individuals, suggests that we are in aggregate smarter than we seem. It’d be nice to be reminded as eloquently by earthward events as skywards, but I will take what I can get. :D

]]> http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=69&cpage=1#comment-66 slashnull Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:44 +0000 http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=69#comment-66 If ever I get frustrated or despairing about human stupidity and lack of ability to do things, I just think of the space program and realise what we animals are capable of. Cassini is without doubt one of the best missions out there, so much data from that bus sized probe! If ever I get frustrated or despairing about human stupidity and lack of ability to do things, I just think of the space program and realise what we animals are capable of. Cassini is without doubt one of the best missions out there, so much data from that bus sized probe!

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