tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post9191731154252349601..comments2024-02-28T02:22:20.886-08:00Comments on homunculus: Philip Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-79915531694734730722009-09-22T02:08:35.861-07:002009-09-22T02:08:35.861-07:00I read your article in Nature about Chartres, and ...I read your article in Nature about Chartres, and I was absolutely dazzled and delighted. I have sometimes used the metaphor of the cathedral to indicate the grandeur of the underlying unified dynamic structure of the universe - Einstein's vision - but it never occurred to me that the most beautiful cathedral in the world (which I revisited this summer) might have been built with something like this in mind. I am also fascinated to see that you have had a look at my "From Knowledge to Wisdom". I would love to hear what you think is wrong with my thesis and argument. Best wishes, Nick Maxwell<br />www.nick-maxwell.demon.co.ukNick Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477022647751331150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-11212691347140505342008-02-23T09:19:00.000-08:002008-02-23T09:19:00.000-08:00But surely David, if it had anything to do with to...But surely David, if it had anything to do with today's A-levels then there would have been a catagory entitled "Need more wimin in science and tech."<BR/><BR/>Personally I think the list is a devilishly clever ploy to investigate the public's attitudes to science and engineering. On the website, viewers are requested to vote; this data can then be correlated with the usual mumbo jumbo of the social sciences to reveal the 'public's feelings'.<BR/><BR/>Alternatively it's genuine(!?), in which case the search for a reversed engineered brain is tantamount to saying that of 6 billion souls, the authors lack faith in the human races ability to be as wise as they'd like.JimmyGirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01548795180321590463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-20398780689140198962008-02-23T01:04:00.000-08:002008-02-23T01:04:00.000-08:00To be honest, I thought it looked like an A-level ...To be honest, I thought it looked like an A-level student's <A HREF="http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/technological-to-do-list.html" REL="nofollow">technological to-do list</A><BR/><BR/>dbDave Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584334163347398116noreply@blogger.com