Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Have you ever noticed when you create with the intent to sell, the product is worthless?... but when motivated by interest and curiosity, the product is priceless.

This Toffler quote still captures reality: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. - Carl Sagan

If you want to be a leader, write down your great plans... now cross off all but 5... take 2 away... now you can get to work.

I was called out for using my phone in a faculty meeting. I answered, “I’m tweeting about what we are talking about... a math teacher from England just liked my description of Chris’ idea... but yeah... I’ll put it away and just daydream until we adjourn.”

Your assumptions are directly associated with your misunderstandings.

“Innovation’s advocates rarely question the necessity or the potentially negative consequences of their work.” But I don’t see that as being an argument against innovation. It is an argument for ethical actions.

“Context matters. Truth is a circumstance, not a spot.” -Stephen Jay Gould

"remaining willfully ignorant just isn't a viable, long-term strategy."

"Those who place any faith in intelligence must surely be out of their minds. Out out their minds." Yeah

“Scientific accomplishment is also a communal activity, not a hermit’s achievement.” What Stephen Jay Gould said about science applies to many human endeavors.

Type I and Type II Errors
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/23/type-i-and-type-ii-errors/

t-Tests. A post for students in data analytics class.
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/23/t-tests/

A blog post now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/04/03/it-goes-mainstream-the-most-influential-trend-in-recent-generations/

A blog pot on the Zone of Proximal Development now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/22/vygotsky-and-the-zone-of-proximal-development/

Framing the problem is as important as solving it... actually how it us framed will largely determine how it is solved... and how others judge the solution.

Rereading what Stephen Jay Gould wrote about eugenics... sigh... insidious arguments never go away.

If you say, “we have always done it that way,” in my son’s office he responds, “I’ll remember that at you performance review... we have always paid you that, so why should we change?”

“If it’s not my way, it must be the wrong way.” This is still way too common. #leadership

“Having a good attitude” and “going along with dumb ideas” are not the same.