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]]> By: Harish http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2009/05/14/the-importance-of-feeling-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Harish Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:12:51 +0000 http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=743#comment-2376 I am surprised there is a generalization that occurs to me now about what I posted a few minutes back. Take care of the hardware you got- your body, (Thats all you got interfacing you with the physical world) and the dynamics that sustain it. All others may perhaps be changed at will. I am surprised there is a generalization that occurs to me now about what I posted a few minutes back.

Take care of the hardware you got- your body, (Thats all you got interfacing you with the physical world) and the dynamics that sustain it. All others may perhaps be changed at will.

]]> By: Harish http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2009/05/14/the-importance-of-feeling-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-2375 Harish Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:04:30 +0000 http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=743#comment-2375 Feeling stupid, or feeling important, both are voices in the head. Nothing has relation to reality. The magic, however, is that the human mind is so powerful that what ever it dwells upon, it makes real.. I have been a student of science, and learning somewhat loses its meaning, when other lacks start dominating, like for example, making money, selling, hyping, and pleasing important people. Perhaps one value that remains is Health, proper nutrition, and what ever is required to sustain health. A lasting knowledge inmy view, is about God, and Goodness. Science, technology are trasient, and may not give peace. Feeling stupid, or feeling important, both are voices in the head. Nothing has relation to reality. The magic, however, is that the human mind is so powerful that what ever it dwells upon, it makes real..

I have been a student of science, and learning somewhat loses its meaning, when other lacks start dominating, like for example, making money, selling, hyping, and pleasing important people.

Perhaps one value that remains is Health, proper nutrition, and what ever is required to sustain health.

A lasting knowledge inmy view, is about God, and Goodness. Science, technology are trasient, and may not give peace.

]]> By: Ramya http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2009/05/14/the-importance-of-feeling-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Ramya Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:14:45 +0000 http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=743#comment-2365 I really liked this post. It's refreshing to see that someone who actually really likes science once felt like the men knew more than her. I think the stupidity problem can be more damaging to women simply because they're traditionally not expected to excel in this arena, but, then again, things are changing rapidly, and that pretty much makes the stupidity problem generic. I've been through it, I'm still going through it and it's nice to see that stupidity can, in fact, lead to you learn more. Here's to getting comfortable with that! I really liked this post. It’s refreshing to see that someone who actually really likes science once felt like the men knew more than her. I think the stupidity problem can be more damaging to women simply because they’re traditionally not expected to excel in this arena, but, then again, things are changing rapidly, and that pretty much makes the stupidity problem generic.
I’ve been through it, I’m still going through it and it’s nice to see that stupidity can, in fact, lead to you learn more. Here’s to getting comfortable with that!

]]> By: Jarrod Hart http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2009/05/14/the-importance-of-feeling-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Jarrod Hart Sun, 24 May 2009 22:28:48 +0000 http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=743#comment-1426 Great post, thanks. I have been away from university for some time and see a similar confusion at the interface between technology and business:- the business managers (finance, sales, etc) want the R&D department to present black-and-white certainty and don't realize that successful research requires people to work in a vacuum of certainty without becoming discouraged (or 'thrive on chaos' as I like to say). These managers may well have been the students who were scared off science... Anyway the result is that business rarely funds fundamental breakthrough research unless the management break through this misconception. Can you imagine telling your boss (possibly in the height of a recession), that you are mostly in the dark but have some interesting theories? Great post, thanks.
I have been away from university for some time and see a similar confusion at the interface between technology and business:- the business managers (finance, sales, etc) want the R&D department to present black-and-white certainty and don’t realize that successful research requires people to work in a vacuum of certainty without becoming discouraged (or ‘thrive on chaos’ as I like to say).
These managers may well have been the students who were scared off science…
Anyway the result is that business rarely funds fundamental breakthrough research unless the management break through this misconception. Can you imagine telling your boss (possibly in the height of a recession), that you are mostly in the dark but have some interesting theories?

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