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This is not an unsung problem with words in general but there is a tested solution, for the search for a better safer life which is used, but not enough to minimize the word problem. It requires little to no effort other than making your carefully informed opinions known. Effectively known.
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Most taught, most discussed, most dynamic, most
manipulative, most flexible, most corruptible, most dangerous, is
our blessed Language . Language
(tool) that is written, spoken,
sung, pictured, worshiped by all of us in the romantic sense.
All of this is only for the English language. Multiply this by all the language all the dialects. One can easily see the magnitude of the issue.
What about user There is little at the moment that
can be done for the user of language
about time for End of arguments about common language as a tool
There was one more very significant change made by the scientific community about the same time, one that may have permanently isolated scientist from the rest of the world for ever! Since the times of Galileo and his equally pushy colleague scientist's creditability had grown substantially using instrument many time more sensitive then native humans senses.
"In spite of us" Modern science started not so long ago by a small group of Italian fellows like the one called Galileo who was a poorly paid teacher with a small business on the side to make ends meet . Galileo's business was based on making instruments of war using the new way of looking at and describing the laws of nature. One instrument he designed was a combination aiming device for cannons and a calculator for all sorts of military things. His competitors, who had connection in high places and were still using old fashioned but common sense methods which were wrong in designing their instruments. They were bad mouthing Galileo instruments to push him out of the market. This was a common approach that is still used today and it was hurting Galileo business by using simple common-sense type arguments in their sales approach. The simpler the better but the wrong-er they got. Through out Galileo's business life he found, experimentally, a number of instances where Nature did not follow our human common-sense arguments. Falling bodies like cannon balls was one of them. Galileo found more business opportunities using nature laws instead of using the more traditional common-sense approach. Another of his military products, a really famous one, nearly cost Galileo his life, . Someone named this instrument the "telescope". More and more scientist began finding many human common-sense laws were bendable, where as they found Natures laws fixed, testable, using measurements of Time, Length, and Mass . This left scientist no other choice but to abandon their human judges and the juries pronouncements and to adopt Natures judgments that could be discovered and tested instrumentally by scientist using precise and accurate measurements of Time, Length, and Mass.
Instrument and measurements of the laws of nature.
TODAY'S LABORATORIES ARE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN IN GALILEO'S
TIME BUT THE RULES OF CONDUCT, HE HELPED PIONEER, ARE VERY MUCH THE
ALIVE. THEY ARE GETTING STRONGER, THROUGH PRACTICE, OVER THE LAST 400
YEARS OF TESTING. The change came about because the spoken and written languages then and now were and are more than a little ambivalent, cumbersome, and arbitrary. Adjective adverbs were driving most scientist crazy. Can you tell us why? Since the times of Galileo and his equally pushy colleague scientist's creditability had grown substantially using instrument many time more sensitive then native humans senses. But and, a bigger but Scientist when communicating with each other were compelled to streamline their communication methods or be ignored (something no productive scientist can stand for very long)
All these wonderful transformations had a down side. Only scientist can get the full meaning and the precise nature of other scientist work. To the rest of the world it all sound like gibberish or coded language, consisting of modern day texting, Greek symbols. Some scientist called all this mathematics. One world was divide into two with a steep wall separating them. One world is where the scientist and their sponsors. work the other the bulk of the population and the sponsors of business and government function.
Does this affect our search for a better life ?
The enemy's of science have long since learned not to
question science. so much as to question the ethics of those practicing
it. Why not? Humans are only common-sense guidance creatures that have
learn from experience and their natural sense of sight, sound, touch
etc. Scientist have learned this first hand not to trust even each other
and themselves with out solid physically measure-able proof.
In-creditable Creditability
Changing a common-sense position
Does this attitudes slow The search for a better
life?
It was the early 1600's when Galileo and his telescopes were in the
middle of Nature laws versus religious laws discussions.
The religious enforcement tool of choice, for proving their case,
was burning the perpetrator at the stake, in public, setting
examples to anyone, especially scientist, for not obeying the
religious laws or protocol.--- . This attitude
sets the tone for the following conversation which may
best be expressed in a
1623 (400 year old) Shakespearian
rhythm which was in vogue at a time when science was coming
alive. Let the authors set
a Shakespearian stage. The actor below is playing the part of
Galileo presenting the new 1600's point of view of science and
scientist.
With his telescope in the raw, his remarks might have been
opened with the famous dialog
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The search for a better life? Environment- Human Derived Laws? Humans may have done it to ourselves in letting the creation of
laws for governments and religions where we have left enforcement
in the hands of strangers which may have questionable allegiance to
the original intention of the law. It seems at times we don't
own our lives, our bodies to do with as we are physical governed to
do as long as the brain is legally (electrically) alive. When
the brain is (electrically) dead the body parts remain alive -----
and are commodities?
Since scientist do most the work on how nature works we want to
know how good are scientist at this task. Do we need to be
told or even suggested by complete non science strangers how
much we can trust our scientist?
This, the eternal question; will it or would it, ever be
possible, or should we have the right, to the answer to these questions?
How well are scientist doing the job for us-- or even what or when
can we expect from them?
Comparison Environment Permanency Nature
Laws
Common-sense derived laws in the Common-sense World (CW) Are more
likely to be accepted in any debate with the Scientific World
(SW).
Scientist who knowingly make up, falsify, publish such data,
found through fellow scientist applying this data will be ignored/ fired
by fellow scientist and the sponsor of the work. It is
sure grounds for dismissal with the loss of most any opportunity of any
other job in science. The perpetrator is done, will be sanctioned
by all concerned, hence forth loses all respect by everyone in
and out of
The world of ScientificScience.
Sponsored by Jim & Rhoda Morris's--- Resume Instrument and measurements of the laws of nature.
Below Marie Curie in the background seems to be contemplating the usage of
the laws of nature. In our photo we have a hand balancing a
brass ball the approximate size of a Uranium 235 chunk needed to
make an atom bomb.
Theory and experiments In scientific work studying and discovering new laws of nature measurements scientist are always pushing for greater precision and absoluteness accuracy. If they are wrong it can be a catastrophe on a massive scale. Science is not a game. There is serious trouble for everyone buried in the words --- measurements, measurements and measurements.
All living things must measure things just to get a place to
exist.. Scientist have made a profession of using highly specialized
instruments measuring the laws of nature relevant to humans beings. . Click on the picture below See a real disappointed
scientist in action--. Madam Curie shown in one of her more reflective
moments. Could she be thinking, "My God what have you done with
my
This is a description of the Oxford English Dictionary copied from
wikipedia....According to the publishers, it would take a single person
120 years to "key in" text to convert it to machine readable form which
consists a total of 59 million words of the OED second edition, 60 years
to proofread it, and 540 megabytes to store it electronically.[7] As of 30
November 2005, the Oxford English Dictionary contained approximately
301,100 main entries. Supplementing the entry headwords, there are 157,000
bold-type combinations and derivatives; 169,000 italicized-bold phrases
and combinations; 616,500 word-forms in total, including 137,000
pronunciations; 249,300 etymologies; 577,000 cross-references; and
2,412,400 usage quotations. The dictionary's latest, complete print
edition (Second Edition, 1989) was printed in 20 volumes, comprising
291,500 entries in 21,730 pages. The longest entry in the OED2 was for the
verb set, which required 60,000 words to describe some 430 senses. As
entries began to be revised for the OED3 in sequence starting from M, the
longest entry became make in 2000, then put in 2007.[8]
It is HOPELESS, KAPUT, BROKE, PERIOD.. The little fellow below will go on forever until something in natures computer breaks. Maybe a very serious break for all living creatures? If he does not work he brought the internet?
Is there any better road to search on for a better life? What else can one do? Can we help our beloved languages be more accurate and precise. (there is a difference even between these.). Can one help out those dear little adjectives, adverbs and other modifiers using quantitative measurements in numbers, of time, length and mass where (ever possible)?
We have the good fortune that one of the past times of dedicated language buffs is helping others with their grammar, spelling, and punctuation. They struggle with their students and each other. sometimes if not careful may miss the content of the documents entirely without them being improved. or grasped. by the helper Considering the inherent complexity of the language they are dealing with it is a wonder that they try.
The accuracy of the language is suitable to most,. after all most have no other choice. At best common sense and experience can help us in our decision. Following others on the same course can be reinsuring . One never knows for sure using common sense in making our decisions. It is like gambling with a deck stacked by those with more power than the common folk. in the lead calling the shots
Few can find happiness in being wrong in public
especially with some one making it obvious that we are wrong. can be a
bitter pill swallowing ones pride and being humbled at being wrong and
being told it with and one may find it is to better
to carrying a large red letter on you chest stating that you
are wrong than admitting it.that reminding you that you dontg give a
damn. someone
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Searching for a better life In the
commonsense world.
Is it possible to analyze the complex scientificscience with just bright white light or look at in shedding light of different a spectrum of colors to give us a purer view of the science world (sw) so that it is more realistic, more understandable, more useful to the larger commonsense world ( cw).
Jim & Rhoda Morris at http://www.scitechantiques.com E-mail Galileo@comcast.ne
What is it really like to be a physical scientist in this science world we've had for the last 400 years?
Two little pieces of glass showed us how big the universe really is compared with our tiny little earth. A little frog gave the biggest change in our lives through introducing us to the kingdom modern electricity. A tiny rock in a dark draw showed us the path to the nuclear energy available to us. The sun Has been trying to do this for billons of years.
Remember these deeds happened
"In spite of us".
Remember those four little words at the beginning of this
web site. Remember the (400 year old) Shakespearian rhythm
type speech from our actor playing the part of Galileo.
· Initiation in science involves intense training in far out things only scientists need to know and the field moves so very fast it requires constant hard work to keep abreast of advances. · Scientists must continue to learn on their own, to hold their positions and successfully stay ahead of the competition. · Brand new scientists joining the field every year with up to date knowledge will move in and overtake those that have not kept up.
· There is a huge language barrier between that used by the general public and scientists’ precise, often esoteric symbolic language of mathematics. · Scientists talk about data from complex scientific instruments, instruments they have created to extend the senses. They can see, hear, smell and feel things the other people can’t with unaided senses and the words used to describe them are like a foreign language.
· Scientists have to be strict, unforgiving, no nonsense policemen within their research project to assure that all of their colleagues and technicians are performing their work to the highest professional standards in all aspects that could affect the outcome of their research. · A scientist’s work is owned by the sponsor of that work. It is published only with the sponsor or employer’s permission. · It will be reviewed by peers and experts in the field. Experimental procedures and results will be checked and tested by scientists using the work of other scientists in their work. · Scientists’ mistakes and errors are an embarrassment to the sponsor and a threat to financial survival. Career survival is based on “getting it right”. · In the long run errors and shortcomings in prior work and thought are exposed. This provides for a self correcting and confirmation process that accounts for why science has been relatively successful in its advances. · If we exert the same scrutiny and requirement for correct information and “getting it right” in all our other disciplines and institutions, much could be gained for our society.
So the bottom line for anyone looking for a meaningful career that adds to everyone’s future is: If you’re young enough at heart, adaptable enough to be innovative and don't mind occasionally feeling like a masochist, join the scientific community! Here you will truly do something very special and valuable that few have the opportunity to do. You will have the chance to leave your mark on the world, a mark that may last for many generations and give back a little something toward what the world has passed on to you.
If your interest lies in other fields that you want to contribute in, you can be a citizen sponsor for science and the basic research that gives us the knowledge to move ahead.
What is the basic message, the basic thing, to pass on, to push ahead with?
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`"Friends! Romans! countrymen! Lend me your
ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grevious fault, And greviously hath Caesar answer'd it. 16 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men— Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: But Brutus says he was ambitious: And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him with a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? 0 judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it comes back to m???????
def tool American Heritage dictionary tool (t›l) n. 1. A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work. 2.a. A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects. b. The cutting part of such a machine. 3. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade. 4. Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools . . . to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations" (Paul A. Samuelson). 5. Vulgar. Slang. A penis. 6. A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe. 7.a. A bookbinder's hand stamp. b. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp. 8. Computer Science. An application program in some computer systems. --tool v. tooled, tool·ing, tools. --tr. 1. To form, work, or decorate with a tool. 2. To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool. 3. Slang. To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour. --intr. 1. To work with a tool. 2. Slang. To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads. --phrasal verb. tool up. To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job. [Middle English, from Old English t½l, possibly from Old Norse.]lan·guage (l²ng"gw¹j) n. Abbr. lang. 1.a. The use by human beings of voice sounds, and often written symbols representing these sounds, in organized combinations and patterns in order to express and communicate thoughts and feelings. b. A system of words formed from such combinations and patterns, used by the people of a particular country or by a group of people with a shared history or set of traditions. 2.a. A nonverbal method of communicating ideas, as by a system of signs, symbols, gestures, or rules: the language of algebra. b. Computer Science. A system of symbols and rules used for communication with or between computers. 3. Body language; kinesics. 4. The special vocabulary and usages of a scientific, professional, or other group: "his total mastery of screen language—camera placement, editing—and his handling of actors" (Jack Kroll). 5. A characteristic style of speech or writing: Shakespearean language. 6.a. Abusive, violent, or profane utterance: "language that would make your hair curl" (W.S. Gilbert). b. A particular manner of utterance: gentle language. 7. The manner or means of communication between living creatures other than human beings: the language of dolphins. 8. Verbal communication as a subject of study. 9. The wording of a legal document or statute as distinct from the spirit. [Middle English, from Old French langage, from langue, tongue, language, from Latin lingua. See dögh¿- below.]Can one believe that some authors of popular science books uses numbers only to number the pages in his or her book?.----
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