Mobilizing smart people in defense of reason October 9, 2006
Posted by Geordie in Uncategorized.trackback
Here is a link to Dawkins’ new foundation. Here is a quote from a presentation on the site:
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organized ignorance. We even have to go out on the attack ourselves, for the sake of reason and sanity. But it must be a positive attack, for science and reason have so much to give. They are not just useful, they enrich our lives in the same kind of way as the arts do. Promoting science as poetry was one of the things that Carl Sagan did so well, and I aspire to continue his tradition.
you should post ideas on quantum computing. your blog seems mysteriously void of anything relevant except 2 very short papers and the state of your haircut.
Yeah, maybe you’re right, I should write something about QC…although those two papers are pretty damn good if I do say so myself.
Maybe I should link to the QC-only postings in the widget bar? Let’s try it and see how that looks.