tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post5222625201982949503..comments2024-03-27T16:07:00.131-04:00Comments on Sentence of Dave: There Are Job Openings in Oooguruk!Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10076160316071071272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-35561247471625723972012-11-08T16:18:54.062-05:002012-11-08T16:18:54.062-05:00True. And when people try to explain to me why ba...True. And when people try to explain to me why ballet is important I think they are lunatics. Strong analogy.zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435738243743797845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-17980963600240306592012-11-08T15:34:24.827-05:002012-11-08T15:34:24.827-05:00it's like opera. you either love it or you don...it's like opera. you either love it or you don't. like you, i love giant skeletons of aquatic creatures, but i don't think i'll ever go WOW! about an opera performance. or ballet, for that matter.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10076160316071071272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-1310268611455869142012-11-08T11:46:56.310-05:002012-11-08T11:46:56.310-05:00I used to volunteer at a natural history museum th...I used to volunteer at a natural history museum that contained a jaw-droppingly big skeleton of a prehistoric aquatic creature, and my job involved standing next to this thing and explaining it to visitors. This experience made me conclude that there are two types of people (at least with respect to appreciating science and nature): those who walk into the room for the first time and see this thing and go "WOW!" or "holy mackerel!" and those who don't express even a glimmer of acknowledgement. I am clearly in the former camp, and I think the key to increasing environmental consciousness and interest in science is to figure out how to make people in the second camp say "Oh, I get why that giant thing is impresseive" without coming across as an egghead or a lunatic. I don't know how to do this though.zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435738243743797845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-42193858221365510982012-11-08T11:33:27.701-05:002012-11-08T11:33:27.701-05:00there's a whole chapter about him!there's a whole chapter about him!Professor G. Truckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480280437605522193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-40196973718580630372012-11-08T09:29:00.828-05:002012-11-08T09:29:00.828-05:00i like joe haworthi like joe haworthrobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442498450575812092noreply@blogger.com