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The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

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Speech (1992-08-31), "Realms of Discovery, Old and New," World Space Congress, Washington, D.C. - Boorstin, Daniel J. | WIST Quotations

The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Collected in his Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected, Part 1, ch. 1 "The Age of Negative Discovery" (1995). In Carol Krucoff, "The 6 O'Clock Scholar," Washington Post…

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Adrian Segar Oct 17

Here are four unquestioned assumptions that lay at the heart of a traditional conference format

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/four-unquestioned-assumptions-of-a-traditional-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #TraditionalConference #eventprofs

jan Oct 10

When we are born into the world, we inevitably soak up…the social assumptions, cultural priorities, and community values… As children we draw them into ourselves, and they become part of our sense-of-self… As we grow up, we apply these values and priorities to our life circumstances and refine them by finding out what works and what doesn’t work. We experiment with what should be dropped and what strengthened… Even our physical diseases have collective dimensions to them. Many of our illnesses reflect the pathology of our collectively imbalanced lifestyles and the toxicity of our now omnipresent industrial environment.
—Christopher Bache, Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind
#assumptions #culture #values

Wisdom in Space Oct 5

Have you considered that if you take the list of things you assume and invert it you would get a far more useful set of assumptions?
-- Richard Caley

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RichardCaley #Assumptions

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #WhiteRimTrail #Canyonlands #Utah

Dutch Reproducibility Network Oct 3

What does #Openness in Research mean? Last Friday, we reflected with a group of researchers on their own backgrounds, #assumptions and research #values. We discussed how openness is a brave thing in #research and how personal backgrounds influence the research we are doing.

You can find the blogpost about the workshop on #positionality statements on our website: https://reproducibilitynetwork.nl/2025/10/02/open-by-reflection-candidness-for-more-transparent-science/

All training materials on #zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/17174961

#OpenResearch #OpenScience #Reproducibility

Wisdom in Space Sep 24

Have you considered that if you take the list of things you assume and invert it you would get a far more useful set of assumptions?
-- Richard Caley

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RichardCaley #Assumptions

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #StPeteBeach #Florida

Steph Mok Sep 21

I love this quote from the Waking Up app from Alan Alda #assumptions
https://dynamic.wakingup.com/quote/QTC629C?source=content%20share&share_id=63DD77E8&code=SCF32D115l,

Online Marketing Scoops Sep 18

The Sun Is Slowly Waking Up NASA Warns That There May Be More Extreme Space Weather For Decades To Come

NASA Goddard A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down and scientists "don't completely understand" why. NASA scientists are warning that the sun may be "waking up" from a brief period of relative inactivity, contradicting past assumptions about our home star. If true, this could mean that decades of potentially dangerous space weather are in store......Continue […]

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The Sun Is Slowly Waking Up NASA Warns That There May Be More Extreme Space Weather For Decades To Come

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Adrian Segar Sep 13

Traditional conferences assume that conference sessions should be used primarily to transmit pre-planned content. We can do better!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-2-conference-sessions-should-be-used-primarily-for-transmitting-pre-planned-content

#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #broadcast #content #participation #events #eventprofs

Andrew McMillan Sep 11

Letter from local MP today arrived addressed to Mr and Ms McMillan. Wife was amused - she got her own letter, but daughter was very unamused. #assumptions