nerdcore parenting
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Julia vigorously requests They Might Be Giants’ Here Comes Science every time we get in the car. So we’re all singing along to “Meet the Elements”, and I say:
“Ooh, ooh, huge science news yesterday. You know the Super Proton Synchrotron?”
Claire: “Maybe?”
Julia: “No.”
Me: “It’s a particle accelerator, like the one at Stanford, but way bigger. Well, yesterday they announced they think they observed neutrinos travelling faster than light! It’s almost certainly a mistake but if it’s true, it’s the biggest science news of our lifetimes! We’ll have to throw out a hundred years of science and start again!”
Claire: “Wow, really? I can’t wait to tell everyone at school!”
