25.2.09

Muistilinkkejä

Everything I Needed To Know About Life, I Learned From Supervillains - Jälleen muistutus siitä miksi perinteinen supersankari on huono roolimalli.

Meanwhile, the heroes tend to:
  • Be reactive, rather then proactive -- they wait until something bad happens, then try to solve the problem afterwards
  • Be reactionary, rather than progressive -- they try to put things back the way they were, instead of changing them for the better
  • Rarely promote a shared vision, preferring to work alone or with only a partner or two... who they don't trust with anything really important!
  • Rarely anticipate the possible failure modes of their plans, to the extent that they plan anything at all!
  • Use their talents and abilities rarely, for emergencies only, instead of keeping them in top condition or proactively using them to improve things
  • Not believe they personally deserve anything good out of life, or that things will ever get better for them

The importance of stupidity in scientific research
-- if we don't feel stupid it means we're not really trying -- Science involves confronting our `absolute stupidity'. That kind of stupidity is an existential fact, inherent in our efforts to push our way into the unknown.
Genetic discovery could lead to advances in dental treatment
"A lot of work would still be needed to bring this to human applications, but it should work," Kioussi said. "It could be really cool, a whole new approach to dental health."

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