What Is Wonderment?-Shots of Awe
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” – Socrates
Category: pleasure of knowledge
Shots of Awe-Ignite Your Childlike State of Wonder
We enjoy and even thrill to the godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe and fear before these very same possibilities.” – Abraham Maslow
Science vs. Pseudoscience-Fact Sheet(Quest science month special)
The word “pseudo” means fake, and the surest way to spot a fake is to know as much as possible about the real thing, in this case science itself. When we speak of knowing science we do not mean simply knowing scientific facts (e.g., the distance from earth...
‘We Are All Connected’ (Carl Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) Quest Science month special
A tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”55″ disable_keyboard=”0″]XGK84Poeynk[/wpdevart_youtube]
The science month special quiz 1
As a part of science month celebration a series of quiz is being posted.This is a chance to fire your neurons and get attractive prizes.(It is first come first serve,Who ever claim it first will take away the prize.Each quiz should be finished before the next one is...
The Storytelling of Science ( Dawkins, Krauss, deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye .., )(Quest Science month special)
The Storytelling of Science features a panel of esteemed scientists, public intellectuals, and award-winning writers including well-known science educator Bill Nye, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, theoretical physicist Brian Greene, Science Friday’s Ira Flatow, popular science fiction writer Neal Stephenson, executive director of the World...
Pseudoscience-Bill Nye(Quest Science month special)
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Shots of Awe: The Creative Urge
“Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level” – Ernest Becker [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”44″ disable_keyboard=”0″]fvi7VLbiMuk[/wpdevart_youtube]
Pseudoscience-Richard Feynman(Quest science month special)
This year as a part of science month celebrations one of the focal themes is the threat of pseudoscience. Kick starting it with the following: [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”51″ disable_keyboard=”0″]tWr39Q9vBgo[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcripts Because of the...
“The Beauty Of Science” -Richard Dawkins
February has been an exciting month for Questers for the last 4 years as this is “Science Month”. This year we kick start the celebration with the following video from Richard Dawkins wherein he explains why science is beautiful with a short, inspirational tale. Use this video to...
