Well, dear reader, we've been adventuring on this blog together for the past several weeks, and now I must decide what kind of "mind" I am. Well, based solely on this blogging project, I would say it's fairly evident that I am a "synthetic mind." This means that I like to take information from lots of sources, learn about something, put it all together, and explain it in terms that both myself and other people can understand. So far, we've delved into things as simple as wind and water, to the mildly more complex solar power and hydrogen fuel cells, to subatomic physics, and even the completely and utterly abstract concept of dark matter. However, I like to think that over the course of our blogging adventure, I've done a fairly decent job at explaining everything. Furthermore, incredible amounts of research had to go into every blog post, and I really had to decipher massive articles and compress them down into just a couple paragraphs. Granted, they were still huge entries, and while I'm sure that sometimes it got to be a drag, reading these ridiculously long entries all about that nerdy sciencey junk, perhaps you were mildly entertained by my brief anecdotes, Rasta Fish, and lovely videos of Spanish Celtic metal, tactical nukes, and adorable kittens.
Secondly, I need to talk about a couple of things that I exemplify. Through this very blog, I've exhibited curiosity and a thirst for learning. I've done literally hours of research in order to compile everything into an ordered mess and put it right up here on this blog, just for your viewing pleasure. In the process, I've discovered a lot about science, the world, and myself. Secondly, I've experimented with some new ideas. Earlier, I made a blog post specifically aimed at "dabbling in the fantastic" and literally discussing and explaining new ideas, either from the science and engineering community, or straight from my own brain. I've used this very blog to talk with other people through comments, or outside communication, where they can ask me questions and really control the direction that my blog takes. In the future, as my following hopefully increases, maybe the reader response will start to play an even larger role in this blog. Lastly, I've asked a few provocative questions. Some of them are just cute little rhetorical devices, used to break up the flow of my entries, and make it seem like an informal chat, rather than some dry research thesis. However, through my blog, I've also asked The Big Question: the very question that the science community seems to be scurrying to answer. How are we going to survive in a world without oil? I'll be the first to say that I haven't found the answer. However, through my research, I now adamantly believe that the answer is definitely out there somewhere. We just have to find it.
Lastly, I've got to talk about what I learned. Obviously, I learned a lot. I had a vague understanding of some of the stuff I talked about: hydroelectricity and wind are pretty simple, and I learned about dark matter in my Physics class, but other than that, virtually all of the information and facts I have here, I learned through research for this very project. I've learned so much about alternative energy, how it works, why we need it, and all of the different types. It's been really interesting to learn all about sources of energy, and hopefully I'll be able to continue learning — and teaching you, dear reader — even more through this blog. Good Night, everyone. It's been a pleasure.
Bryan, you have accomplished a lot with your blog. The final analysis [famous line from somewhere] seems to verify your interest in this subject as well as learning in general.
ReplyDeleteMay the force be with you.
Mrs. s
"However, I like to think that over the course of our blogging adventure, I've done a fairly decent job at explaining everything."