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Weekend Diversion: More to Learn (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
If you want to learn something — whether it’s abstract or concrete, solving a problem or creating something — that you don’t already know, it often involves ridding yourself of your preconceptions of how such a thing ought to work. Often, it outright involves unlearning or overriding something you previously thought was true. Have a listen to Ray Lamontagne, as he sings about this in matters of love with
while you consider that this happened to me about the field of science I hold most dear.
Image credit: Riess et al., Astronomical Journal, pages 116 and 1009, 1998 and Perlmutter et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1999, pages 517 and 565.
You see, when we first discovered, thanks to supernova data, that the expansion of the Universe was accelerating, I couldn’t accept it. For me, the evidence wasn’t strong enough to overturn what I perceived as a preferred, elegant and beautiful picture of the Universe: that it’d be cyclical, and end in a Big Crunch. And yet, not only did I come to accept it by laying out what criteria must be met and what objections needed to be overcome, but I’m getting together with other experts in various fields to talk about when we overcame biases and preconceptions to learn something new.
Image credit: Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club | Core77.
Come learn about this one-of-a-kind event and come see me live, if you can, in just two weeks!
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2015/06/07/weekend-diversion-more-to-learn-synopsis/
