TED Community » Jacob Baldus

I am a high schooler who enjoys outdoor activities such as rock, mountain, and ice climbing, and I play lacrosse.

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A comment on Conversation: Is science just imagination in a straitjacket?

Feb 12 2013: Science covers so many topics I couldn't imagine not calling it a vehicle for imagination. Everything around us rotates around cycles of science, from our heart beating to all the galaxies in the universe moving away from one point in space. Imagination really is a science! Yes, science does say that humans can fly, sure, but it can explain to you why a bird flies or an airplane can carry thousands of pounds and still stay in a substance light enough to float. Science is the foundation for imagination.
A comment on Conversation: Was the Pope's resignation a dignified move?

Feb 12 2013: Thank you all for your answers, it was very interesting to hear from multiple people I have not met before talk and give your opinions on this question.
A reply on Conversation: Was the Pope's resignation a dignified move?

Feb 12 2013: I am very sorry to hear that. One thing that comes to mind is the fact that John Paul II, Benedict XIV's predecessor, was actually diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease four years before his death, and before that had sustained poor health, plus severe injuries dealt to him on May 13th, 1981, when Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman and member of a military fascist group known as The Grey Wolves.

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