Reaching the boundaries of human knowledge (cartoon)
1 August 2012 by Viktor Poór, posted in Uncategorized
Welcome to the new home of Stripped Science at scilogs.com! While the blogging network moved the content will remain the same.
Let's start with a fundamental tool to explore the boundaries of human knowledge:
Yes, this is one of the main driving forces of science, curiosity.
Love it, Viktor! And I think it is very, very important to cultivate this spirit of asking questions amongst the young ones.
great cartoon
Sorry to go nerd on you, but isn't the colour of the sky caused by Rayleigh scattering, not the Tyndall effect?
Thanks for pointing that, Pete, you are right. I correct it
Ha ha, very nice! You should note though, that using this tool with the wrong people too often may result in social isolation
The answer to the final why is always, "That's just the way the universe works, as far as we know."
Or to quote Feynman, "...while I am describing to you *how* Nature works, you won't understand *why* Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that." (from QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter)