Where Geeks Rule
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Science is best learned with fun. That is a proven fact. What more fun way to learn about science is there than through science-based toys?
The typical reaction of children and even adults when learning about science or any other subject matter is that it is something that is hard to learn. It would be easy to agree with that if one is to look on the scientific terms to be remembered and the scientific processes to be understood. When someone thought that science can be learned through fun and toys, he couldn’t have been more right.
Learning difficulties are first overcome by removing the reason for outright rejection for learning. If it is difficult, we make it easier. If it is boredom. we make it more fun. It would not take a lot explaining to realize that it does not take much to convince a child to take a toy and use it for its intended purpose than ask the same child to read a science textbook. Of course books should not be totally dispensed with. Children just need to be encouraged to do so with some play especially when it comes to younger children.
Once interest in science learning is awakened, the concentration will be placed on sustaining such interest. Science encourages observation and involvement with the surroundings. Answers to questions are discovered by conducting experiments and tests and rarely because a reference book said so.
It is always wise to start cultivating interest for science at an early age. Encouraging them to do so just gives them options and are not in any way forced. There lies the basis for true science learning.
There was a time that interest in science was synonymous to geekiness. It is no longer so now considering the great contributions to development of those who chose to specialize in it. The people of today owe much to well-renowned scientists who may have started with science-based toys at one point in their life.
Science-based toys create interest and willingness on the part of the learner. In the face of people who have a true calling for science, such opportunity only marks the beginning. In that beginning shall grow wonders that we can only imagine.
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We geeks definitely know have to fun. We like parties as much as the next person and can hold our own when it comes to drinking. What’s even better is that we take drinking to the next level, not just enjoying the drink itself, but enjoying analyzing the drinks as well. This is perhaps why the experiment published in Gizmodo entitled “Shaken or Stirred: Which Gets You Drunker? A Scientific Exploration” is an article any party-loving geek would appreciate.
While I encourage you to read the entire article itself, which gives you not just the results but outlines the methodology they used as well (And yes, they were pretty scientific about it), here’s a quick summary of the results from the study.
In short, if you want to pace yourself, then shake your drink. But if you want to get drunk faster, then stir it.
Other recommendations of the study include shaking cocktails that have juice, dairy, or egg whites, and stirring those that only use spirits—such as martinis and Manhattans.
Source: Gizmodo