It’s not a coincidence that the astronauts who’ve traveled further than any human don’t talk like they know everything. They talk like students and explorers. Their wonder and curiosity are on full display.
That’s what science does to you.
It dissolves your ego and forces you to confront the vastness of the unknown. It makes you more careful with your words, more open to being wrong and more in awe of the questions than obsessed with the answers.
It softens you in the best way possible.
writing an e-mail and getting a prompt from AI "this sentence could be more concise"
no. i am verbose. i am loquacious. i am long-winded and often redundant even. you machine, do not tell me how to form my words
watching a movie musical with a "i can't believe they just break into song and happen to know the choreography" person has to be top ten worst experiences of all time
The Pitt used their platform to tell the little known story of how the Muslim community raised money and paid for the funerals of those killed in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting.
terfs freaking out over dylan mulvany playing anne boleyn and saying it's offensive because dylan doesn't have a uterus or whatever is just saying the most defining thing about was her ability to have children, which was also the belief in the 16th century that led to her death