Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > I'm glad you captured it, Steve. > > I'm bothered by the almost Luddite tendency of Western society. > There's a lack of understanding of science - perpetuated by the media > who confuse science and engineering so badly that you'd never know > they were different disciplines. I suspect this is very true Adam, but simply put... today trivia and superficiality rule... a true understanding takes hard work and hard time... Everyone wants to appear to know everything, but in truth most know nothing... jacks of all trades, masters of none... Really who knows why...maybe too much to learn, so it's easier to pretend... This applies to many things...science, medicine, history, politics...and on... oh well...perhaps each generation says the same about the next... oh and me, I get by, but I'm in awe of my ignorance...Steve > > I understand there are reasons why this is the case - enough horror > stories for a dozen planets - but, at least in America, few kids seem > to engage with the sciences now. And our journalists also seem > incapable of getting the basics of science or technology stories > right. Oh a few of the science reporters from the big papers - but on > the local level it's downright scary. > > Medicine seems a prime target for this neo-Luddite point of view. The > idea that technology might help physicians and nurses be better > care-givers somehow gets chomped by the role of the bean-counters. > > Ah well, I'll stop frothing at the mouth here and I'll just appreciate > your images as well as your dedication to helping and curing these > young people. > > Adam > > On 1/14/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > >> when I saw this image I was doing my rounds, and had no camera with >> me at the hospital... >> but the scene expressed to me exactly what you said above... >> >> >> so hours later I returned to the hospital, just to get the shot... >> >> if the image has conveyed this feeling, >> >> I guess it was worth it... >> >> thank you, Steve >> >> >> >> > >> > Adam >> > >> > On 1/13/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >> >> the hardware and the software of the ICU... >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/icu+care >> +2.jpg.html >> >> >> >> M8 35mm 1.4 ASPH ISO 640, bw... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> today... >> >> >> >> thanks, Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information