Name: Roxanne Meadows - "Science, Values, & Social Change"
Uploaded: 2017-08-10T13:53:29.000Z
Duration: 20 min 31 s
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Roxanne Meadows attended Moore College of Art

and graduated from Maryland Institute of Art.

For over 36 years she had her own company producing technical illustrations,

She and Jacque are co-founders of The Venus Project.

when science and technology are racing forward.

We do see people protesting in the streets, against

the divide between the wealthy and the poor, racism, war,

But only to put in another incompetent political government,

that cannot ultimately take care of the problems.

Jacque at a young age searched-… oh, excuse me!

But, what The Venus Project has to offer,

is a workable plan for social innovation,

using the methods of science and technology,

to enable everyone to enjoy the benefits of technology equally.

Jacque at an early age searched for such a system,

In order to accomplish this, he studied many different disciplines,

understanding that science applies to everything,

especially behavioral science, and I say that

because it’s the most neglected science in our culture,

yet, the most important to understand the need for The Venus Project

I felt extremely lucky to have met Jacque when I was 27 years old.

I attended the lectures that he gave at his home in Coral Gables, Florida.

And, the very first lecture that I went to,

Jacque in his “Fresconian” - his unique Fresconian manner,

proceeded to smash everything that I held dear and sacred.

But what was different about him is that he replaced it.

He didn’t just complain about society, but he replaced it

with a value system that appropriately accompanied it.

So many people, when they first are introduced to The Venus Project,

they can’t understand why this isn’t implemented NOW.

It seems so easy and it would help so many people.

I usually say “Well, this is where we are in social evolution.”

But the most relevant issue is that science

Science presents us with the best tools we have,

It gives us a closer approximation to reality,

about our ideas, and test them in the real world,

as opposed to wishful thinking and aspirations.

The scientific method, just like science itself,

So, observation, testing and experimentation,

took a long time to get to where we are today.

And just very briefly, the scientific method is asking a question,

doing research in the field, trying to come up with a hypothesis,

and then doing controlled experimentation,

Invention is serially developed, over a long period of time.

For instance, a German engineer, Otto Lilienthal

was very interested, and admired, how birds fly.

So, he stuck his arms in large wings and jumped off a hill.

but he was the first successful person to do this.

until the last one, that ended in his death.

experimented and added to the ability to fly, little by little.

Some found out what didn’t work, which was just as important -

We look at the early experimentation on videos, if you’ve seen them, of

people trying to fly with these contraptions that some people laugh at today.

But they didn’t understand that that was the genuine exploration

to find out what worked and what didn’t.

The Wright brothers worked upon what was done before,

And they actually used a book from Otto Lilienthal,

which he wrote in 1889 about aerodynamics.

He- … the Wright brothers based their aircraft

So the Wright brothers weren’t the father of flight.

because so many people went before them and died,

It’s a long serial progression: invention.

from the first small engine aircraft, in 1903,

to today sending probes to Mars and beyond,

all took place practically within Jacque’s lifetime.

So, when you think about it, the last hundred years,

in the advancements in science and technology,

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