Government spin AGAIN

[Mich the Tester]

Ding! The only science that has changed since the 60s (plate tectonics)

Yep, good stuff indeed. Actually, Alfred Wegener first found evidence of continental drift in the early 20th century, but back in the 16th century cartographers and explorers had noticed that the continents seemed to look like pieces of a jigsaw that would fit together. In the 1960s the concept of seafloor spreading was understood and combined with continental drift to give us plate tectonics. It’s a brilliant conjunction of two great ideas that explains so much about why this planet looks and behaves the way it does.

[TykeMerc]

Good thing about an MBA (and I agree its boring as hell) is that you can get a cushy job by bandying about the correct business bulltulip phrases. And if you can back it up with the "can do" rigour learned in a proper hard degree, that makes you stand out from virtually everyone else with a business "qualification".

I've been toying with the idea of doing an MBA, whether I will actually get around to doing it and for that matter funding it is a different matter.

I've studied some Geology, interesting subject.

[minestrone]

I thought the main science in Scotland was Social Security Science

On the evidence of the English 2007 science paper you are not ready for such an advanced topic, anyway our unemployment is lower that Englands.

[Mich the Tester]

I've been toying with the idea of doing an MBA, whether I will actually get around to doing it and for that matter funding it is a different matter.

I've studied some Geology, interesting subject.

If George W Bush managed to get an MBA at Harvard, there are probably chimpanzees who could get a bachelors in ‘Business Studies’.

Ergo; if you’ve got a brain you’ll study something real and buy an MBA.

[TykeMerc]

If George W Bush managed to get an MBA at Harvard, there are probably chimpanzees who could get a bachelors in ‘Business Studies’.

Ergo; if you’ve got a brain you’ll study something real and buy an MBA.

True, my Bachelors was in an engineering discipline though. I didn't know Dubya had an MBA, let alone one from Harvard.


For me it's more a case of CBA-itis.

[expat]

Yep, good stuff indeed. Actually, Alfred Wegener first found evidence of continental drift in the early 20th century, but back in the 16th century cartographers and explorers had noticed that the continents seemed to look like pieces of a jigsaw that would fit together. In the 1960s the concept of seafloor spreading was understood and combined with continental drift to give us plate tectonics. It’s a brilliant conjunction of two great ideas that explains so much about why this planet looks and behaves the way it does.

Until the late 60s, Wegener was seen as a maverick and Continental Drift was a hypothesis, a bit wacky though not rejected; rather ignored because although curious and interesting, it didn't fit into a theory. It was fascinating to watch how quickly it became mainstream theory, and quite important at that, when seafloor spreading became established by magnetic measurements, and gave a mechanism to Wegener's observations. A real lesson in practical scientific method.

[EternalOptimist]

Yep, good stuff indeed. Actually, Alfred Wegener first found evidence of continental drift in the early 20th century, but back in the 16th century cartographers and explorers had noticed that the continents seemed to look like pieces of a jigsaw that would fit together. In the 1960s the concept of seafloor spreading was understood and combined with continental drift to give us plate tectonics. It’s a brilliant conjunction of two great ideas that explains so much about why this planet looks and behaves the way it does.

thats all very well Mitch, but it was Douglas Adams, I believe, who noted that all of the continents look like they have been dripped onto the globe from above

[Mich the Tester]

thats all very well Mitch, but it was Douglas Adams, I believe, who noted that all of the continents look like they have been dripped onto the globe from above

Sure. Funny guy though, I like him.

[Purple Dalek]

Yes it has. 40 years ago science was respected and most people understood it was responsible for national wealth.
Now people are too stupid to make the connection.

Mind you, when it comes to global warming most people on this forum haven't a leg to stand on, since they believe the nonsense produced by public relations group and "think tanks" funded by oil interests rather than believing the vast majority of professional scientists around the world.

Quite true. I was mildly amused earlier this month at how these global warming scientists make up results by copying warm months data into the cold months, and then by some curious methodology claim the Earth is warming. When caught out, and it gets pointed out that their methodology now would indicate the Earth is cooling, they invert the methodology so they can still say the Earth is warming.

Yes, a scientific education is helpful in understanding what both sides are arguing, it also helps one form an opinion on which vested interest is most free with the actualité. Yet deciding which camp is correct is quite another matter.

[expat]

I am still stunned at Q2b: 1 mark for being able to write down one formula, or equation as they put it, from Ohm's Law:

V=IR

and 2 marks for being able to calculate

0.5 x 30 = 15.

Or perhaps it is for knowing what to do if you have V=IR and know that I=0.5 and R=30.

OK, this is explained: you don't have to know Ohm's Law, because all the formulae you need are supplied with the exam paper. You just have to pick the right one. So naturally it doesn't score as highly as something really difficult, like multiplying 0.5 x 30.

Words fail me. You could not make it up. I do not believe it. Etc etc etc