Postby Technomancer » Sat Aug 30, 2003 9:17 pm
This show is excellent, and so is Banner of the Stars. It is slow, in that there isn't much personal action (although Banner picks up, what with there being a war on and all), but there is really good character development. The author of the original novel series put a lot of effort into making an incredibly detailed universe. He's still writing, so it'll be interesting to see where the series goes.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov