With MEADE in trouble, ( and maybe others to follow in the near
future ) as an example, and the young only in the minority taking up science,
WE all have some responsibility to save science , particularly Astronomy.
Try and get a kid interested (just don't let them know they could be a Phd pauper )
in thinking scientifically, if you can.
Give them math puzzles to solve ( Feynman attributed his soaring
intellect to this ).
YES ! Mediocrity is encouraged , even worshipped worldwide ( after all, it is usually highly paid).
Kids are impressionable, so Cox, NDT,
ARE the right kind of people to encourage them also.
PS : ALL THESE ASTRO mobile phone
APPS, YOUTUBE ETC, showing just
about all to do with the sky, could make
VISUAL ASTRONOMY A
REDUNDANT EXERCISE in the eyes of kids.
LETS HOPE NOT !
CHEERS BIGJOE.
