Comments on: Art about climate, sustainability, and risk http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/art-about-climate-sustainabil.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: noggin http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/art-about-climate-sustainabil.html#comment-1399120 noggin Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155114#comment-1399120 Facts are boring and Science is hardly "about facts".   It is an uncommon thing that Science reveals facts that are interesting.  It is very common that Science exposes falsehoods and assumptions and replaces them with interesting questions.   While I do have faith that many artists understand this and wish I could attend the exhibition, I can't help feel it would be more straightforward and effective to commission Edward Tufte  to present the "facts".   Facts are boring and Science is hardly “about facts”.   It is an uncommon thing that Science reveals facts that are interesting.  It is very common that Science exposes falsehoods and assumptions and replaces them with interesting questions.   While I do have faith that many artists understand this and wish I could attend the exhibition, I can’t help feel it would be more straightforward and effective to commission Edward Tufte  to present the “facts”.  

]]> By: sam hammer http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/art-about-climate-sustainabil.html#comment-1398856 sam hammer Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155114#comment-1398856 I'll be doing art with composting worms this summer! http://scientistartist.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-fever-group-projects-and-brain.html I’ll be doing art with composting worms this summer!

http://scientistartist.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-fever-group-projects-and-brain.html

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/art-about-climate-sustainabil.html#comment-1397596 Ian Wood Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155114#comment-1397596 Damn. I really thought that was the Face of Boe as I scrolled by. Damn. I really thought that was the Face of Boe as I scrolled by.

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