but amid the chaos that is work right now... its a great little light of sunshine... politics and science...
why can't we all just stick with 'Science'
Okay - definition time... (anyone notice i've switched gears to lecture mode?)
./lecture mode aside
I like definitions esp when talking about science with students or researchers/peers. Definitions provide a common point to begin discussion. Most arguments and mis-understandings are based on lack of agreed upon language or starting facts.
./lecture mode on!
My definition for science:
Peer supported/reviewed explanations of empirical data
Now lets look at What Ken Miller says science is:
“the systematic search for explanations for how the observable world works”
and i had my def written down before i looked up Miller's, and am suprised by the similarity, out of the blue kinda not identical no but close enough to boost an ego... or to affirm my understanding.
Anyway whats this gotta do with the chaos? People doing science non-systematically and not focusing on the collection of the emperical data in the most appropriate manner. Long story... not going into it... but causing crazyness...
Oh... i started wanting to say - i'm a total Geek. I LOOOOOOVE TEM... and TEM for those not in the know is Transmission Electron Microscope. Back at the old place... i hated it... back at the place before it was just a pain... here... man something about this place... maybe it is the kick ass knives, maybe its the sweet CCD on the microscope... maybe its the samples.
But i'm having a freaking blast sectioning this Lichen sample i found out at home over vacation. Yeah i found a cool lichen, put it in a salsa container ontop of a bunch of moss and have it here in the lab. And i've prepped and looked at it on the TEM. Trying out new fixation methods and everything... I'm a geek but i don't care this is cool stuff...
See:
of course now that i've published it here the image looks like shit - if anyone is really curious i can email a tiff or a higher q jpegI mean isn't that cool? The algal cells with the funky primative chlorophyll and all that?!!
anyway - i dunno how the hell i'm gonna get low intensity base training in and get it effective with this bike commute back and forth up and down the hill... twice today... but seated in the 50toother no problem... no more am i forced to stand up and use every muscle in my body, no longer does climbing that hill mean feeling my back later... its 100% leggs and gettin easier everytime...
if only there was a career for a Cipo wanna be... if 7 or 8 guys towed my ass all over a race course i think i'd do okay (nah of course not - i'm still slow but i can dream can't i?)
I did feel the extra 30 pounds of books i rode in with this morning... mostly heading up the hill... very different to suddenly be as fat as i was 6 months ago... that sudden realization as i was typing is funny... that bag was kinda heavy... made me slow...
ah well - next weeks massive change to everyone's schedules will really be a shock to the system... could take a few weeks to recover from the madness....
linkage today?
its edumacation time:
Light Microscope Primer
Check it out - its fun - lots of cool Java tutorials (okay cool to a microscope geek)
peace out yall
G
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