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Random Thoughts or Whatever

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”

- Stephen Gould
 
In 2021, China’s CO2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes, accounting for 33% of the total global emissions. For comparison(s): all the states of Africa and South America, combined, account for roughly 4% of total global emissions.
 
Mystic said:
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”

- Stephen Gould
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In a different world, I think my mother or my father could have been world-class scientists or engineers. I swear, I think they were both more gifted mentally, than me.

But, where they lived- south Georgia, mid 20th century- the combination of lack of resources (my father's family were sharecroppers before they finally could afford to buy their own land, and my mother's father was a fish-monger in her early life), and the lack of support for education (my father had to quit school in the 8th grade, because all of his brothers were in the military, and my mother was held back and discriminated against repeatedly in college, because "science wasn't a thing for women" back then, back there), meant that neither of those courses of action were really available for them...

What they DID do, they really made a difference, though. There's a whole generation of mechanics down there, who learned proper diagnostic thinking from my Dad, and there's probably quite a number of people who are productive members of society instead of in jail or worse, due to my mother helping them learn that it was worth it, to continue their education. That seems like enough, in at least some ways.

Regards,
Gordon.
 
GordonW said:
In a different world, I think my mother or my father could have been world-class scientists or engineers. I swear, I think they were both more gifted mentally, than me.

But, where they lived- south Georgia, mid 20th century- the combination of lack of resources (my father's family were sharecroppers before they finally could afford to buy their own land, and my mother's father was a fish-monger in her early life), and the lack of support for education (my father had to quit school in the 8th grade, because all of his brothers were in the military, and my mother was held back and discriminated against repeatedly in college, because "science wasn't a thing for women" back then, back there), meant that neither of those courses of action were really available for them...

What they DID do, they really made a difference, though. There's a whole generation of mechanics down there, who learned proper diagnostic thinking from my Dad, and there's probably quite a number of people who are productive members of society instead of in jail or worse, due to my mother helping them learn that it was worth it, to continue their education. That seems like enough, in at least some ways.

Regards,
Gordon.
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Gordon, that is a really (really) excellent post.
 
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