Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.
Linus Pauling [via kateoplis]
Yes but science is also social and cultural so we must be cognizant of the forces that gather the knowledge. [Currently Reading] We can “predict” that science will always be an ideological project.
HARD SCIENCE LOL
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Epigenetic marks are remarkably durable, which is why you don’t wake up to find that your brain has started to turn into a pancreas.
… Nothing ruins your day like finding that your brain has turned into a pancreas.
Carl Zimmer, “The Brain”, Discover Magazine June 2010 (via fyrmayj)
Although you wouldn’t realize that your brain turned into a pancreas because you know… because you died.
