Dwain1
Member since Dec 4, 2009
Recent Comments
Re: “'Wishful Thinking'”
"These definitions indicate sex is a matter of biology, a science. It stipulates there are only two sexual distinctions available to organisms, male or female. "
What then, pray tell, are bacteria and viruses? And fungi? Biology doesn't like being pigeonholed for argument sake. There is a world of possibility out there.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 03/24/2020 at 5:31 PM
Re: “A Communications ClusterKerfuffle”
The Humboldt Bay power plant has plenty of capacity to cover all, or at least most of Humboldt County.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 11/07/2019 at 8:07 PM
Re: “Pole Fight: Fortuna Art Installation Draws Councilmember's Ire”
Evidently, conservatives don't believe there is good in the world.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 09/14/2019 at 7:18 PM
Re: “New Baby Names”
Before my son was born, his nickname was "Poindexter". Truly a classic.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 09/14/2019 at 4:18 PM
Re: “Amid Controversy Over New Policy, KHSU Volunteer Tried to Thwart Studio Move”
Stupid? Yes. Wrong? Yes. Criminal? No.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 09/14/2018 at 7:54 AM
Re: “The High Price of Freedom”
Your duly elected representatives didnt think environmental protection measures were unreasonable when they enacted them.
Posted by
Dwain1
on 08/25/2018 at 7:25 PM
Re: “STEAM, not STEM”
Thank you, Fred Tempas, for saying so clearly how we have drifted from a full, whole education, to one of parts designed only for training for a career. I don't know whatever happened to a liberal education, but it seems to be less important these days.
Separating science and technology from the arts may attract career-track students, but leaves the whole person behind. I can think of many historical figures who benefited from the breadth of knowledge. Imagine how possibly less artistic would the photographs of Ansel Adams be if he didn't learn and excel at the piano. If all he learned in college was chemistry, his photos could have lacked art. Think of the musical genius of Albert Einstein and how his mind could dream of a cosmos that included philosophy as much as astronomy. What would Holst's "The Planets" sound like if he did not understand the physical nature of the solar system?
When I went to HSU in the 1970's I received a "special major" BA in Natural History. Back then, a student needed to combine three disciplines, one department meeting a major, another meeting a minor, and the third making the curriculum unique. My majors were Botany, Geology and Art (photography).
Without a multidisciplinary approach and broadness toward all knowledge, we are sure to leave something behind with our future leaders and citizens.
Here are apt words from someone who benefited from a full education...
"The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career." - Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein