Science fiction writers imagine whole new universes and explore their possibilities, as we’ve mentioned before. Perhaps they need to think about the changes in language that go along with them.
A mathematics teacher is not much like a nineteenth-century railroad worker–but there are parallels. Our consultant who tutors High School math and science continues to learn from it; sometimes, his students do also.
One of our consultants has an interesting device for camping or possibly a disaster situation. On closer examination it appeared to us that it hadn’t been quite thought through. Then we examined it more closely still.
Methods and results differ among the various sciences. This comes from differences in their subject matter and is not always understood, even by scientists.
A recent comment on one of our posts raises the question of what teachers are trying to achieve in school. The answer varies.
High School chemistry rests on a base of sophisticated quantum mechanics. Fortunately, it’s not necessary to master the advanced subject in order to use its results.
Our tutoring consultant continues to gain insights from his students.
Even simple daily tasks can involve very sophisticated thinking.
Today’s world doesn’t look like most science fiction stories pictured it. But accurate prediction isn’t the main point of the genre.