Debunker

In History and Science:

By Robert Bruce Baird:

INSPIRATIONAL COMMENTS:

“Everybody was glad that I was living; but as I lay there thinking about wonderful place where I had been and all that I had seen, I was very sad; for it seemed to me that everybody ought to know about it, but I was afraid to tell, because I knew that nobody would believe me. - John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks.”

Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's a good way to live life completely. Die each day to really live; and live to die with no fear of learning or changing your mind.

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, 1788-1860

"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others." - Danny Thomas

"The world always makes assumption that exposure of an error is identical with discovery of truth -- that error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of sort. What world turns to, when it has been cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than first one." --- H.L. Mencken

"The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage." –Hazel Henderson.

“Rather than telling others that they should live up to American Principles, we should live up to them ourself.” – Gary Hart, author of The Fourth Power and former Presidential candidate.

Einstein said: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"The miracle of appropriateness of language of mathematics for formulation of laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve. We should be grateful for it and hope that it will remain valid in future research and that it will extend, for better or for worse, to our pleasure, even though perhaps also to our bafflement, to wide branches of learning." – Eugene Wigner

"I think subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by growth of modern methods of propaganda. Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions are generated." - Bertrand Russell

“One of saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous.” – Carl Sagan

INTRODUCTION:

The awesome and truly magnificent potential of our planet is a marvel to behold. We are broaching scientific awareness of universes beyond known and there appears to be alternatives and ‘possibilities’ galore. The Many Worlds of macro universe still operate by same precepts or laws and principles that affect our planet. The microcosm of our personal life becomes inundated and busy. It seeks to stabilize or limit reality we could creatively manifest. It is mostly human ego and insecurity that devises these stable structures or hierarchies to keep status quo and other kinds of class structure rather than Brotherhood. But when did this start and will any history we might rightly have, create ability to change way people view themselves. What kind of future which could become real are we headed towards? I will not be able to state definitively only way that these things have developed. At different times and places and even within elite there have been different agendas. You will get to see Merovingian family of Jesus and Stuart Royals of The Da Vinci Code are quite real.

Aristotle referred to happiness as most we can achieve.

Are you looking for some topics to present that can add excitement to your science classroom? Rocketry and space exploration, like no other subject, have a way to captivate students that makes it easy for them to learn science. They are having so much fun, that they don't even realize they are learning basic science concepts.

To leverage benefits of this area of study, you can use your school's computer to explore a lot of different science topics. In January 2005 issue of education magazine, "Tech Directions" (http://www.techdirections.com), there is an article by Spencer C. Wilson of J.R. Fugett Middle School in West Chester. In it, he describes how he uses a rocket design software, called RockSim (http://www.rocksim.com) to show students process of engineering design.

In this article, I'd like to give you some other ideas on how to use model rocket design software to demonstrate other basic science concepts. Here are some benefits to using RockSim software:

1. Allows student to simulate hundreds of rocket flights very quickly -- this saves lots of money! Just think of time saved too. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollar buying motors and hours-and-hours of time building different configurations, launching, recovering, and repacking rockets to test one control feature.

2. Safety. When you go out to fly rockets, knowing how they'll behave is an important aspect of safety. Precautions can be made. By running simulations, students learn what concepts contribute to keeping actual launch safe.

3. The scientific value is awesome. Each launch simulation generates a mountain of useful data. Analyzing this data is a fantastic way to teach scientific method.

4. Students love software because it is fun! It has features like a video game, so students may not realize how much they are learning at same time.

5. The RockSim software is same tool that is used by real rocketry professionals - like NASA, military contractors, and universities. So you can feel confident in results you get back from program.

6. The software allows students to explore their creativity. They can design vastly different looking models, while learning engineering skills, assembly steps, and physics.

Here are just some of many topics you can explore with RockSim:

1. Aerodynamics and drag reduction.

2. Forces of flight: Lift, Drag, Thrust, and Gravity.