Already Monday...

My weekend was nowhere near as productive as it should have been. Instead of doing vast amounts of homework and making my life easier, I decided to try to conquer medieval Europe as Germany/the Holy Roman Empire. Suffice it to say, that that was somewhat successful, as I have saved the Holy Land from the clutches of Saladin and taken vast territories in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic States.

That being said, I did not however conquer the vastness of my homework. I still have to finish my genetics reading assignment. Which, in my opinion was a disaster. I read the article, and found the thesis transparent (Eugenics is the worst manipulation of genetic knowledge ever) and without any oomph to it, and he presented a lot of evidence, but utterly failed to pound his point that it was the worst manipulation of genetics. He just posted a lot of historical facts and some of the implications of the history, but did nothing to argue that this was more atrocious than say cloning or anything like that. Essentially, he did not analyse his argument effectively. This is coming from my history/philosophy side, which in writing scenarios, is always more important.

I've come to the firm conclusion that scientists cannot write. Every scientist I have read lacks the capability of abstract discussion and is so short minded in his or her analysis that the work lacks cohesion. I read a paper from someone whom everyone who takes a science class to be a veritable genius, except that he cannot express himself. There was no organization to his thoughts, his grammar was atrocious, and his points did not make logical sense.

If effective communication is the essence of advancing knowledge, it's no wonder that so many people continue to be persuaded by religious figures in things like fundamentalism (the worst interpretation of anything ever in history-it is the source of society's ills), the remaining sentiments of creationism, the lack of educational stimulation.

That's my soapbox for the moment.

I didn't do most of anything, really. Tonight, though, I swear things will be different. I plan on getting a ton of thing done, including A-Chem homework, P-Chem homework, Spanish, Genetics, and some Beowulf reading.

I'm actually going to do something now. So there.