02-25-2011, 08:49 PM
I've spent the last several hours wondering if my loved one would be alive tomorrow or not. Thanks to science, she'll live. Thanks to science, I'm able to communicate with the people caring for her. And most of all, she's alive today thanks to a technology invented by astrophysics - you know, those war-mongering infidels who want to explore the universe.
Just over five years ago I almost lost my eyesight. A brilliant surgeon in Honolulu saved my eyes, something I will be forever grateful for. He was a kid in Hilo that got an internship at the telescope I now run. This resulted in him winning the state science fair and then going onto Harvard. He eventually returned to the islands and is making people see again. This is a small example of what the observatories do. It's not something you will see immediately, it's what they do to improve everyone's lives in the long term by inspiring people to explore our planet, the universe and science. And make people live longer and happier lives.
As for people being too individualistic, I'm not even sure I know what that means, but have you ever watched Terry Gilliam's "Brazil"? Is that the life you'd prefer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnRBksvOU
(Sorry, youtube video, don't bother if you're on dialup!)
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
Just over five years ago I almost lost my eyesight. A brilliant surgeon in Honolulu saved my eyes, something I will be forever grateful for. He was a kid in Hilo that got an internship at the telescope I now run. This resulted in him winning the state science fair and then going onto Harvard. He eventually returned to the islands and is making people see again. This is a small example of what the observatories do. It's not something you will see immediately, it's what they do to improve everyone's lives in the long term by inspiring people to explore our planet, the universe and science. And make people live longer and happier lives.
As for people being too individualistic, I'm not even sure I know what that means, but have you ever watched Terry Gilliam's "Brazil"? Is that the life you'd prefer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnRBksvOU
(Sorry, youtube video, don't bother if you're on dialup!)
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/