Comment Re:we just need more of the coolest physicist ever (Score 1) 362
i had to follow up to my absurdly short comment.
The thing is, physics IS cool. Physics gave us the atom bomb, the space program, the weapons our military use and the armor that keeps cops alive on the street. Anyone who has been in a serious car crash, you'd be a lot worse off if it weren't for safety advances through physics. From relativity to designing running shoes. This stuff is applicable everywhere.
Dancing and rap arent going to make physics "cool", (rap cant even make rap cool), physics is cool already and if kids cant see that... there's a bigger problem.
We should be encouraging achievement. Smart, inquisitive kids are shot down by their peers every day and our teachers just stand by and let it happen. Lets deal with that, then we'll see about rap and dancing.
The thing is, physics IS cool. Physics gave us the atom bomb, the space program, the weapons our military use and the armor that keeps cops alive on the street. Anyone who has been in a serious car crash, you'd be a lot worse off if it weren't for safety advances through physics. From relativity to designing running shoes. This stuff is applicable everywhere.
Dancing and rap arent going to make physics "cool", (rap cant even make rap cool), physics is cool already and if kids cant see that... there's a bigger problem.
We should be encouraging achievement. Smart, inquisitive kids are shot down by their peers every day and our teachers just stand by and let it happen. Lets deal with that, then we'll see about rap and dancing.
