Big Bang Paradigm and Cosmological Theory by Bjørn Ekeberg
“The big bang paradigm that emerged in the mid-20th century effectively stretches the model’s validity to a kind of infinity […] these limited observations have had an outsized influence on cosmological theory.”
Bjørn Ekeberg
Discrepancies Between Observation and Theory – Bjørn Ekeberg
“Each new discrepancy between observation and theory can, of course, in and of itself be considered an exciting promise of more research, a progressive refinement toward the truth. But when they add up, they could also suggest a more confounding problem that is not resolved by tweaking parameters or adding new variables.”
Bjørn Ekeberg
Scientific Facts and Overlooked Discrepancies – Bjørn Ekeberg
“This well-known story is usually taken as a self-evident scientific fact, despite the relative lack of empirical evidence—and despite a steady crop of discrepancies arising with observations of the distant universe.”
Bjørn Ekeberg
Changing Perception – Neil Postman Quote
“Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one’s actions or change one’s purpose.”
Neil Postman
Education and Adaptability – Neil Postman
“The making of adaptable, curious, open, questioning people has nothing to do with vocational training and everything to do with humanistic and scientific studies.”
Neil Postman
Technology and the Human Dilemma – Neil Postman
“There is no escaping from ourselves. The human dilemma is as it has always been, and we solve nothing fundamental by cloaking ourselves in technological glory.”
Neil Postman
The Importance of Typography for Individuality and Community – Neil Postman
“Typography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration.”
Neil Postman
The Role of the Past in Our Lives – Neil Postman
“The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it. People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.”
Neil Postman
Neil Postman on Television and Cultural Self-Perception
“Television is our culture’s principal mode of knowing about itself. Therefore — and this is the critical point — how television stages the world becomes the model for how the world is properly to be staged. It is not merely that on the television screen entertainment is the metaphor for all discourse. It is that off the screen the same metaphor prevails.”
Neil Postman
Error is better than apathy – G. Edward Griffin
“Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.”
G. Edward Griffin