Friday, December 08, 2006

Not-so-mad scientists

I really like this Wesley Haines photo from the Cumberland Times-News, of fifth-graders doing a science project, but why is the headline "Mad Scientists"?In what sense are these kids mad? Are they mad simply because they're doing science? Because all scientists are mad? Because science itself is mad?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think "mad" here is being used in the sense of wicked cool.

Dr. Phil (Physics) said...

Why... YES!

Dr. Phil

"Everything is Physics"