04-11-2019, 05:34 PM
This popped into my inbox this evening. I've never read anything on the site before, but quite liked what they had to say regarding the black hole news and of course, a little more indirectly, telescopes such as the TMT, e.g.,:
"But think of it this way: if you are 30 and your child is 5, he or she will have access to knowledge that not only did you not know, but that nobody in the history of humanity has known - and which most of mankind believed could not possibly exist. Regardless of whether average folks are paying attention or not, science is in a golden age and rewards for the next generation will be rich."
https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2019/04...orial.html
"But think of it this way: if you are 30 and your child is 5, he or she will have access to knowledge that not only did you not know, but that nobody in the history of humanity has known - and which most of mankind believed could not possibly exist. Regardless of whether average folks are paying attention or not, science is in a golden age and rewards for the next generation will be rich."
https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2019/04...orial.html