Science!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Oh, and don’t miss Phil Plait’s wonderful explanation that science is imagination. Wonderful article explaining one of the oft-overlooked appeals of science.

I've said before that being able to play with a set of rules and see what you can do with them is a defining characteristic of nerds. That may be why we're so into science.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

This and a video someone made about open-mindedness and skepticism* are both awesome things that show what really goes on in scientists' heads. (Granted, some of it is idealized, since we are human beings).

* Open-minded does means 'consider all ideas', not 'blindly accept anything that crawls in your head. It points out a lot of times when a critic means 'be more open-minded', they mean 'stop disbelieving in my ideas because of lack of facts supporting it'.

Also, Cassini picspam