2008.01.29
Science Rocks
This semester, I'll be doing two of my own research projects (one with a group) and I will also be working on another project with a professor. These upcoming weeks, I'll be blogging about them and my progress. At the end of the term, I might be able to post the findings which could be exciting (if I receive proper permissions). I've been busy coordinating with my professor these past few days, and spring term just started. Woo!
Of course, none of that really qualifies as an excuse for my blogging absence. For that, I can only plea pre-term need to game and release as much energy as I could before starting academic work. On the plus side, with the term on the go and my four psychology classes, I'll have plenty to blog about as I tend to get really excited about what I'm doing. It is a good test of my own knowledge.
In other news...
I've been following the 2007 TU24 news on the badastronomy blog with much amusement and dismay. Some people had claimed that the asteroid would effect the Earth somehow and create massive storms... Phil has the entire story. Essentially, the asteroid passed us and nothing happened. Now those same people are claiming that the effects just have yet to come. Well, if the effects are coming, they're sure taking a really long time! If the asteroid had posed a threat to us, the event would have happened already. The asteroid is moving gloriously away from us, and nothing will happen. For all of the scientific aspects of why the asteroid poses absolutely no threat, I strongly recommend reading Phil's posts. I do love the fact that science triumphed. (This is a triumph...)
However, I wonder how/why it is that people latch onto doomsday scenarios and stick to them, even in the face of point-blank evidence. Perhaps that's a question I should research for my thesis.
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