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Comment on ¿Español? ¡Sí! by austria vienna

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Comment on Creationist Demands Critical Thinking in Indiana by Eunice R. Trujillo

Eunice R. Trujillo — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:44:24 +0000

September 11, 2008 — It is now seven years after the September 11 attacks, and on this day every year Americans take time to reflect upon the consequences of that grim and historic day. Seven years later we have yet to be successfully attacked by terrorists, but we are constantly under attack from ignorance. September 11, 2008, is also one day after the Large Hadron Collider at Lake Geneva came online – a moment which, in the scientific world, ranks among the most exciting in a decade. There is little doubt that the NEXT most exciting event will also come from the LHC – when it begins making discoveries about the most fundamental structures and elements of the Universe. Why would the Hadron Collider enter into our thoughts on September 11? Answer: because the events have in common that both are surrounded by huge amounts of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and myths. The same goes for creationism vs. evolution and the debate over global warming .

Comment on “Creation Science” in Indiana by Nilda

Nilda — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:36:25 +0000

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Comment on Local Content and Political Will in Rwanda by mlhayes1

mlhayes1 — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:15:18 +0000

There may be a way to support the Rwanda education initiative. I do not know of it, but if you like the idea, like this communication. If enough people lke the article, I will see if the author will be interested in passing the appropriate contact information for individual support through your church or non-profit organization.

Why is this important or relevant to a developed nation? It is my opinion that the truest form of innovation occurs at the point of the greatest need where the will to succeed overcomes the ignorance of apathy. We0have some hugh issues w/ref to education in our nation. Apathy is more closely related to education industry lethergy, perhaps that is too kind of a descrption. It seems that parents are on their own because the schools are political mine fields where conformity to standardized testing is the holy grail

If smaller less developed nations can transform their futuresan why can’t we. All people are born equally infantile nd we eduucate them or we don’t. What you my intuitively learn from this report is as important as what you already know about the school your child is attending.
Take a moment to decide what you like and let us know your prefernces.

Comment on Has Free Software failed? by cdfox1

cdfox1 — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:48:13 +0000

I’m all for a free/open source, commercial-free childhood and one that is ADA complaint in the US. I think free/open source will revolutionize education as we know today. It will help move us from a print-based world/culture to a digital-based world/culture. The impact, as you point out, will be breath taking.

Comment on Another programming language for Sugar by Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:27:25 +0000

Nice work. I have two comments.

The inner product example has a missing blank.
a +/.* a NB. Vector inner product
should be
a +/ .* a

Introducing embedded assignment in introductory material leads to confusion, and is not required to use J. As written, it also introduces =. before it is explained.

Paul

Comment on Great news from Sonora, Mexico by jzarecta

jzarecta — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:17:12 +0000

I am glad to see that the project is being implemented as much as possible to the standard vision of OLPC.
Now there needs to be answers on the Phase 2 which require the training, support and maintenance of the sustainability structure of the program.
Like many OLPC people said, the laptop is only the stage 1 of the project, connectivity, material, and a software development fund is also needed to carry the skills around the environment of Sugar.

Comment on Vote early and often–legally by Joshua Pritikin

Joshua Pritikin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:33:34 +0000

“It will of course be necessary to have others contribute, discussing the issues in their own countries, states, provinces, and localities.”

Alright, are you familiar with the National Initiative for Democracy proposal? See http://ni4d.us

Of particular importance, I think, is understanding the different types of public consultation, see http://ni4d.us/en/consultation

Comment on “Creation Science” in Indiana by The Nation calls; I answer | Replacing Textbooks

The Nation calls; I answer | Replacing Textbooks — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:45:06 +0000

[...] in Indiana, where I live, only a few weeks ago. It appears to have been hooted off the stage. I blogged here about it, and about how much science you have to disbelieve in order to be an informed [...]

Comment on TED naysayer bashes OLPC by Richard Karpinski

Richard Karpinski — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000

Truly sweet. I’m so proud I had any part in prompting you to say such wonderful words.