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Respond | Cheer this | about 1 month ago (Jul 16, 12:40AM)

William Rowan Hamilton made great contributions to mathematics and physics, and in my opinion is one of the greatest scientists of all time, but I think he is surprisingly undervalued by the people of Dublin, which is where he was born.

Why there is not, for example, a statue of him in Henry Street, or a short biography of him at the airport? Instead, I have found just a few traces of his presence here (like the plaque under Broom Bridge, in a place so difficult to find that I missed it the first time).

Had Noble Prizes existed in his time, for sure he would have been awarded one.

Respond | Cheer this | about 1 month ago (Jul 10, 01:16AM)

Oh no! I hope this will not happen, it would be really bad news. The philosophies of Facebook and 43things are completely different: 43things is all about working hard to make things happen, Facebook is all about wasting your time having many “friends” and checking the “friends” of your “friends”.

I had a profile in hi5.com (which is very similar to Facebook) and I cancelled it because I thought it was not what I liked.

Anyway, this is just my opinion. I think people who want to use Facebook are completely free to do it, and are doing it already (probably lots of the people who are already on 43things). I just don’t want to be forced to be in.

Respond | 3 cheers | Cheer this | about 1 month ago (Jul 10, 12:33AM)