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For the first time I understood the physics of rainbows! On the other side now it looks a little less magic...
by ccozan 14y ago
For the first time I understood the physics of rainbows!
On the other side now it looks a little less magic...
- nitrogen 14y agoI wish there would be more PR effort spent on making science more exciting to the average person than magic. E.g. submarine mentions in various companies' advertising and various TV shows of the form: "It's better than magic -- it's science," with excited, attractive faces on screen eating it up.
- StavrosK 14y agoI'm not sure that would help. You're just substituting one thinking-stopper (magic) for another (science). "How does electricity work?" "It's science!" "Oh, okay."
- nitrogen 14y agoI'd still prefer that, because "It's science!" means that someone, somewhere understands it, and that they could too if they wanted to. "It's magic!" means there's no hope of understanding.