Quotes

[Sunsettommy]

“the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help”

– Ronald Reagan

[ChemEngineer]

“In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But in order to speak about social reality, you must have the proper credentials, particularly if you depart from the accepted framework of thinking. Generally speaking, it seems fair to say that the richer the intellectual substance of a field, the less there is a concern for credentials, and the greater is concern for content.”
― Noam Chomsky

Chomsky is a hard Leftist. He never got anything right.   The intellectual substance of chemistry is very great. I wrote to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (IUPAC) and pointed out to them that the "Periodic Table" is misnamed.  The "table is not periodic, but the elements are.  The correct name is the Table of Periodic Elements.  

First they ignored me because of my lack of credentials.  I insisted and repeated myself and the Head replied that "Yes the name is wrong but we are NOT going to change it."  So the world of scientists calls the icon of science by the wrong name for the past 150 years and the governing agency wants to continue being stupid.  

Correcting this would ignite children's interest in science all around the world, but NOOOOO.  They're stubborn and stupid.

   

[Sunsettommy]