7 thoughts on “The Supposed Benefits Of “Diversity””
Nothing from the government or most think tanks is ever about improvement.
I particularly enjoy the promotion of “indigenous methods and teachings as new philosophical approaches” in the STEM fields.
Like alchemy and conjuring was from the Middle Ages, a major contribution.
I would however, as an advisor to someone working on an advanced degree in silicon layout design, recognize the value of a sabbatical in Tibet for advanced study of sand mandalas.
Metal pathways, dopants, structured pathways for charge, using visual design to deliver constructive energy. Requires a discipline of mind and a great deal of patience. Not everything and particularly the most important things can derive strictly from synthesis.
Well I would think the first step in moving from a mandala to a chip design would be to refine the sand, melt it, and strip the oxygen out.
Ah! Not sand, but quartz! Specifically Spruce Pine, NC quartz!
What most folks don’t seem to realize is that Western science already did all that “indigenous incorporation” from the 1600’s through the 1800’s. The Europeans didn’t assume they knew everything and the rest of the world was ignorant. They sent ships around the world to find out what everyone else knew, and incorporated that distributed local knowledge into science. Darwin was on one of those expeditions.
They examined Chinese, Arab, and New World medicine and techniques, testing them to see what elements actually worked. The parts that worked were retained and the parts that were just superstition were discarded.
Granted, but I think the idea here is not the historical sifting of fact from superstition but the desire to include some form of “magical thinking” in the process.
Nothing from the government or most think tanks is ever about improvement.
I particularly enjoy the promotion of “indigenous methods and teachings as new philosophical approaches” in the STEM fields.
Like alchemy and conjuring was from the Middle Ages, a major contribution.
I would however, as an advisor to someone working on an advanced degree in silicon layout design, recognize the value of a sabbatical in Tibet for advanced study of sand mandalas.
Metal pathways, dopants, structured pathways for charge, using visual design to deliver constructive energy. Requires a discipline of mind and a great deal of patience. Not everything and particularly the most important things can derive strictly from synthesis.
Well I would think the first step in moving from a mandala to a chip design would be to refine the sand, melt it, and strip the oxygen out.
Ah! Not sand, but quartz! Specifically Spruce Pine, NC quartz!
What most folks don’t seem to realize is that Western science already did all that “indigenous incorporation” from the 1600’s through the 1800’s. The Europeans didn’t assume they knew everything and the rest of the world was ignorant. They sent ships around the world to find out what everyone else knew, and incorporated that distributed local knowledge into science. Darwin was on one of those expeditions.
They examined Chinese, Arab, and New World medicine and techniques, testing them to see what elements actually worked. The parts that worked were retained and the parts that were just superstition were discarded.
Granted, but I think the idea here is not the historical sifting of fact from superstition but the desire to include some form of “magical thinking” in the process.