Disasters in science #8

The sad story of the Mars Climate Orbiter reminds us all to use SI units.

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Disasters in science #7

Cold fusion is one of the most famous cases of science that wasn’t.

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Disasters in science #6

Agreement from your friends and having your own journal still aren’t quite the same thing as evidence…

… and they didn’t have the awesome @RealPeerReview back then.

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Disasters in science #5

Sometimes we are just fooling ourselves. Nothing good comes of that.

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Disasters in science #4

Sometimes we are just fooling ourselves. Nothing good comes of that.

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Disasters in science #3

Engineers have a moral obligation to take great care with safety-related issues. As Kipling says, “They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose. They do not teach that His Pity allows them to leave their job when they damn-well choose.”

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Disasters in science #2

This “meme” is intended to underscore the fact that engineers have a moral obligation to take great care with safety-related issues. As Kipling says, “It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.”

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Disasters in science #1

Everybody seems to be doing this “meme” thing…

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