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This morning I came across an Op-Ed on the New York Times website by Brian Greene, titled Put a Little Science in Your Life. It’s a pretty good read… and I suspect it might only be readable by non-subscribers for a while, so go check it out now.
Some snippets from this article:
But here’s the thing. [...]

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Thursday saw a small social gathering of four friends, but also an event that I’d like to dub the first official “Think Too Much” gathering. (Yuck, I need a better name for that.) Oh, and no, it wasn’t official at all, it really was just a couple of friends that joined me as I was [...]

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“Education”, I respond, after only a brief pause. “Critical thinking, science literacy, and compassion.”
I would like to thank everyone that sent words of encouragement following my previous post. Let me give my current conclusion on the matter as an answer to bluegray’s comment on Do Any Shofarians Care About Science? He asked:
Sorry if I seem [...]

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Early next year I intend to establish a non-profit educational foundation. The future of the country and humanity lies in education.
I’ve dropped the idea of including “ThinkTooMuch” in the name (Think Too Much Educational Foundation? Hmmm…) and am currently toying with the idea of “The Jac van der Merwe Educational Foundation”. Slightly long-winded. And too [...]

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