Friday, November 05, 2010

Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together

What if you had to decide between being an astronaut or being a dancer?

From the TED website: "Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer ... Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls on educators to teach both the arts and sciences, both intuition and logic, as one -- to create bold thinker

In 1992, Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman to go into space. She's become a crusader for science education -- and for a new vision of learning that combines arts and sciences,…"

Friday, March 19, 2010

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy

“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”

-- Jack Handy

Monday, March 15, 2010

Sunday, March 14, 2010

"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess."

"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells-called neurons-lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it."


William F. Allman (from Apprentices of Wonder. Inside the Neural Network Revolution, 1989



Various Left Brain vs. Right Brain Tests