Dear Kai

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Can I tell you the most exciting thing about science right now? The thing that literally makes my nipples hard when I think about it?

It's that we don't know what we're going to be doing in four years. We are moving so fast that kids starting college now have no idea what kinds of jobs or research they will be doing when they graduate. Can't even speculate.

And this is, as I have said, what the singularity really means.  It's not Science Jesus or any of that other hippie shit, it's the point in time where you can no longer make educated guesses about the future, as technology is increasing faster than the news of the technology can be communicated.

In 1500 CE, that was about 300 years ahead.

Now it's about 2-4 years ahead.

This is the most exciting time imaginable to embark on a neuroscience career, because we are finally developing the tools to actually look at the brain in action, and begin to really understand it.

[LMNO]

And if that Feynmann quote is accurate, I think I want it as a tattoo.

It's a real quote, and I can find out if it was Feynman.  Hang on.

Real or not it's a cool as fuck thing to have tattooed on your johnston regardless.

Who the fuck attributes sources on a tatt anyroad?

Even if I don't list the citation, it would be pretty weak if some kid asked about my tattoo and I said it was Feynmann rather than Sagan or Isamov.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Found this shit.  Not what I was looking for, but AMAZING:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

[P3nT4gR4m]

And if that Feynmann quote is accurate, I think I want it as a tattoo.

It's a real quote, and I can find out if it was Feynman.  Hang on.

Real or not it's a cool as fuck thing to have tattooed on your johnston regardless.

Who the fuck attributes sources on a tatt anyroad?

Even if I don't list the citation, it would be pretty weak if some kid asked about my tattoo and I said it was Feynmann rather than Sagan or Isamov.

Tell them you made it up. I do that with any quote I ever use anyway.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And if that Feynmann quote is accurate, I think I want it as a tattoo.

It's a real quote, and I can find out if it was Feynman.  Hang on.

Real or not it's a cool as fuck thing to have tattooed on your johnston regardless.

Who the fuck attributes sources on a tatt anyroad?

Even if I don't list the citation, it would be pretty weak if some kid asked about my tattoo and I said it was Feynmann rather than Sagan or Isamov.

Verifying the exact wording now could save potential embarrassment and regret down the road, as well...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Found it.  It was Feynman quoting an anonymous student.  While he was teaching some religious-minded person tacked up a sign in the physics department that said "There are some things man was not meant to know."  A sign appeared below that, saying, "Like what?", then a sign bearing the quote I used appeared below THAT.

Source:  "Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!"

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Found this shit.  Not what I was looking for, but AMAZING:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

Feyman is 1000 buckets of gold when it comes to quotable quotes. On our way to Arizona, we listened to some of his lectures, and were constantly cracking up and repeating memorable lines.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

Probably because when you were in university, physics was the study of how round things roll better than square things, and "The Wheel" was considered far-fetched.

[Don Coyote]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

Probably because when you were in university, physics was the study of how round things roll better than square things, and "The Wheel" was considered far-fetched.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

Probably because when you were in university, physics was the study of how round things roll better than square things, and "The Wheel" was considered far-fetched.

Oh, you had to go there, did you?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

That's... weird!

[LMNO]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

Probably because when you were in university, physics was the study of how round things roll better than square things, and "The Wheel" was considered far-fetched.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

The other thrilling thing is watching branches of science which once existed in what we held as separate demesnes increasingly intertwine and overlap. The rate of intertwining is speeding up, to the point where I'm starting to wonder how universities are able to separate sciences into departments at all. There are all these arbitrary department divisions that must constantly be crossed in order to advance the research.

When I was in university, physics was part of the liberal arts department, for some reason.

Probably because when you were in university, physics was the study of how round things roll better than square things, and "The Wheel" was considered far-fetched.

It's for SCIENCE!

Just think how much funnier this will be in 75 years, when SCIENCE will have kept Roger alive for over 300 years.