My entomology professor and mentor once said that science will be dead the day we believe that everything has been discovered. Question what you read in textbooks, and don't be afraid to disagree with the "experts" with higher degrees, he told us.
His teachings inspired many of us to do just that. To name a few accomplishments of his students - discovery of new species of mayflies, restoration of subalpine habitat at Mt. Rainier, the expansion of Ecology Action, the only nonprofit recycling organization in Austin, TX.
"It's like standing on the shoulders of giants, and slashing their Achilles heels". Dr. Riley Nelson
It is disheartening to think that SciFi is a dying genre, because the "Future" is here. Science fiction can serve to both challenge our minds and inspire our imaginations.
Case in point: Joseph F. Engelberger, founder of Unimation, Inc., and author of Robotics in Practice: Management and Application of Industrial Robots, credits the robot stories of Isaac Asimov in creating his interest in robots. It was Asimov himself who first used the term "robotics" in 1942.
I agree that we have not experienced any revolutionary technology advances in the last few decades, but it would be arrogant to think the future is Now.
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My entomology professor and mentor once said that science will be dead the day we believe that everything has been discovered. Question what you read in textbooks, and don't be afraid to disagree with the "experts" with higher degrees, he told us. His teachings inspired many of us to do just that. To name a few accomplishments of his students - discovery of new species of mayflies, restoration of subalpine habitat at Mt. Rainier, the expansion of Ecology Action, the only nonprofit recycling organization in Austin, TX. "It's like standing on the shoulders of giants, and slashing their Achilles heels". Dr. Riley Nelson
It is disheartening to think that SciFi is a dying genre, because the "Future" is here. Science fiction can serve to both challenge our minds and inspire our imaginations. Case in point: Joseph F. Engelberger, founder of Unimation, Inc., and author of Robotics in Practice: Management and Application of Industrial Robots, credits the robot stories of Isaac Asimov in creating his interest in robots. It was Asimov himself who first used the term "robotics" in 1942. I agree that we have not experienced any revolutionary technology advances in the last few decades, but it would be arrogant to think the future is Now.