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Astronomy

An idea worth spreading

Bring the Universe to everyone

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books, sci fi, forgotten realms, astronomy, music and painting

People don't know that I'm good at

writting, cooking, sketching, singing

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Jill Tarter is my favorite TED speaker

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  A comment on Conversation: We can learn by exchanging and discussing our own lists of "10 Things I Know to be True."

  Oct 22 2011: Here is my list, a bit eclectic but it's what came to my mind:
  
  1) We always forget that we make mistakes
  2) I can learn something even from people I don't like at all
  3) Hard work is the best "business card"
  4) Astronomy was my portal to science
  5) Science is the only way for the human beings to survive
  6) We are so tiny in the Universe that our problems shouldn't bother us that much
  7) Humans are not the "pinnacle" of evolution
  8) Everything around us evolved from helium and hydrogen atoms
  9) Learning and understanding give pleasure to our brains
  10) We all are made from star dust

• A comment on Talk: Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl

  Aug 8 2011: I cannot believe how lucky I am to grown up with the family I have, with a father that was proud of raising strong and independent girls. I wish I could help every girl to feel empowered and stop all the horrible violence against woman and children around the world.

• A comment on Talk: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better

  Aug 3 2011: This is not only and idea worth spreading, it's also an idea worth trying! I am going to do "listening" exercises with my students at class!!!
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  A comment on Conversation: Have you ever been cyber stalked?

  Aug 3 2011: I've never been cyber stalked, but I am concerned about how to warn my 9 yo daughter to avoid being cyber stalked and/or cyber bullied

• A reply on Conversation: [Spanish-Español] Si se recibiera una señal de inteligencia extra terrestre ¿deberíamos responder? ¿qué deberíamos decir?

  May 13 2011: A distancias interestelares, sin duda va a ser demasiado difícil -creo yo- mantener una "conversación", por eso la pregunta de si debemos responderles y de ser así qué deberíamos decir... suponiendo que nuestra generación solo pudiera mandar un mensaje ¿qué podríamos decir que sea valioso para algún otro habitante de la galaxia o del universo?

• A reply on Conversation: [Spanish-Español] Si se recibiera una señal de inteligencia extra terrestre ¿deberíamos responder? ¿qué deberíamos decir?

  May 13 2011: Bueno, la cuestión aquí es que, de recibir una señal de alguna civilización fuera de nuestro sistema solar, muy probablemente sea difícil -al menos en principio- descifrar si la señal contiene algún mensaje, y de ser así, descifrar su contenido. Pero, independientemente de si la señal extraterrestre contiene un mensaje o no, con solo saber que existe alguien allá afuera que es inteligente ¿deberíamos nosotros enviar un mensaje hacia ellos? y si es así ¿qué crees que debamos responder?

• A reply on Talk: Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

  Apr 16 2011: Indeed there have been always excellent teachers but, sadly not every student had had these excellent teachers. The approach of this concept is to have many excellent teachers available (24/7) to all the people who has Internet access. I think this is the key point.

• A reply on Talk: Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

  Apr 15 2011: I am glad you feel inspired to be actively involved with this project. I am a Khan Academy Spanish translator now, I have done almost 30 video translations for the Physics playlist on Khan Academy and it has been a great learning and popularizing experience for me.
  
  Hope you are getting on with the Croatian captions!
  
  Greetings from Mexico!
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  A comment on Talk: Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

  Mar 9 2011: Just a few moments ago I posted about the inspiration I got from this TED talk, here is the link in case you're interested.
  
  http://musingsfromthecosmicshore.net/?p=102
  
  Excellent project, I would love to be part of it.