tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2635416764915042042..comments2024-03-15T03:17:53.587-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Fracking logicdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-61042681436015326702011-08-13T16:14:32.129-04:002011-08-13T16:14:32.129-04:00Dear Louise,
My apologies then--as I said, you pl...Dear Louise,<br /><br />My apologies then--as I said, you play with words well, so glad to have a name attached to the anonymous.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-54191454437220566762011-08-13T12:46:20.705-04:002011-08-13T12:46:20.705-04:00For some reason your "choose identity" h...For some reason your "choose identity" has never taken my google account, so I have to post as anonymous. I am louise. Not hiding, just hindered by technology (there's a shock).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-37956590572459636202011-08-11T17:59:09.090-04:002011-08-11T17:59:09.090-04:00Dear Anonymous,
A shame you hide, you turn a good...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />A shame you hide, you turn a good phrase.<br /><br />The first step is understanding that our models of atoms are mostly emptiness, <i>then</i> we get to the interesting stuff--electron shells repelling other shells, electrons filling the same energy levels, electron fields merging and such.<br /><br />All facetiousness aside for a moment (and just for a moment), science works because it trusts nothing to Authority or Power or The Book--or even Science. <br /><br />I get city water, fracking's not going to do me immediate harm--it might even keep my gas bills in check. But who cares about people, eh?doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-36829370612526931822011-08-11T17:47:22.759-04:002011-08-11T17:47:22.759-04:00But since everything is mostly emptiness, surely w...But since everything is mostly emptiness, surely we have nothing to worry about. Gosh what I could do with numbers and science if given the opportunity. Probably just as well to hide me with the rest of the bad teachers - by definition, any teacher who has a job (since the bad teachers sadly take up all the spaces that good teachers could have if only it were not for...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com